#BBAB5B#BBAB5B

#BBAB5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.103 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB5B
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -4.87, 42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 43.18, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0148 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.103 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9459, 40.4474, 15.7565)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB5B #5B6BBB

analogous

#BB7B5B #BBAB5B #9BBB5B

triadic

#BBAB5B #5BBBAB #AB5BBB

tetradic

#BBAB5B #5BBB7B #5B6BBB #BB5B9B

square

#BBAB5B #5BBB7B #5B6BBB #BB5B9B

split-complementary

#BBAB5B #5B9BBB #7B5BBB

monochromatic

#6E632E #998A40 #BBAB5B #CDC186 #DFD7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BBAB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB5B

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB5B	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.103 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c38b',
    500: '#bbab5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab5b;
$custom-light: #d1c38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73788,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB5B

secondary

#A5ABCD

accent

#6BD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB5B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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