#BBAB5D#BBAB5D

#BBAB5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.101 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB5D
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -4.69, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 42.20, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.014 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.101 98)
XYZ	xyz(37.0334, 40.4823, 16.2169)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB5D #5D6DBB

analogous

#BB7C5D #BBAB5D #9CBB5D

triadic

#BBAB5D #5DBBAB #AB5DBB

tetradic

#BBAB5D #5DBB7C #5D6DBB #BB5D9C

square

#BBAB5D #5DBB7C #5D6DBB #BB5D9C

split-complementary

#BBAB5D #5D9CBB #7C5DBB

monochromatic

#6F642F #9A8B41 #BBAB5D #CDC188 #DFD8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BBAB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB5D

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB5D	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.101 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c38d',
    500: '#bbab5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab5d;
$custom-light: #d1c38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73816,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.40481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB5D

secondary

#A6ADCE

accent

#6CD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB5D

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

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