#BBAB5C#BBAB5C

#BBAB5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.102 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB5C
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -4.78, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 42.69, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0144 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.102 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9894, 40.4647, 15.9852)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB5C #5C6CBB

analogous

#BB7C5C #BBAB5C #9CBB5C

triadic

#BBAB5C #5CBBAB #AB5CBB

tetradic

#BBAB5C #5CBB7C #5C6CBB #BB5C9C

square

#BBAB5C #5CBB7C #5C6CBB #BB5C9C

split-complementary

#BBAB5C #5C9CBB #7C5CBB

monochromatic

#6F642E #9A8B40 #BBAB5C #CDC187 #DFD8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BBAB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB5C

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB5C	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)

#B9A755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.102 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c38c',
    500: '#bbab5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab5c;
$custom-light: #d1c38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB5C

secondary

#A5ACCD

accent

#6BD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB5C

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

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