#BBAB5E#BBAB5E

#BBAB5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.100 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB5E
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -4.59, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 41.70, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0137 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.1 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0779, 40.5002, 16.4517)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB5E #5E6EBB

analogous

#BB7C5E #BBAB5E #9DBB5E

triadic

#BBAB5E #5EBBAB #AB5EBB

tetradic

#BBAB5E #5EBB7C #5E6EBB #BB5E9D

square

#BBAB5E #5EBB7C #5E6EBB #BB5E9D

split-complementary

#BBAB5E #5E9DBB #7C5EBB

monochromatic

#70642F #9B8B41 #BBAB5E #CDC189 #DFD8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BBAB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB5E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB5E	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)

#B8A757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.100 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c38d',
    500: '#bbab5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab5e;
$custom-light: #d1c38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7383,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB5E

secondary

#A7AECE

accent

#6CD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB5E

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

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