#BBAB5F#BBAB5F

#BBAB5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB5F
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -4.50, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 41.21, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0133 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.099 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1231, 40.5182, 16.6896)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB5F #5F6FBB

analogous

#BB7D5F #BBAB5F #9DBB5F

triadic

#BBAB5F #5FBBAB #AB5FBB

tetradic

#BBAB5F #5FBB7D #5F6FBB #BB5F9D

square

#BBAB5F #5FBB7D #5F6FBB #BB5F9D

split-complementary

#BBAB5F #5F9DBB #7D5FBB

monochromatic

#706530 #9B8B42 #BBAB5F #CDC28A #E0D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAB5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BBAB5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB5F

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB5F	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)

#B8A759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c38e',
    500: '#bbab5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab5f;
$custom-light: #d1c38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB5F

secondary

#A8AECE

accent

#6DD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB5F

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

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