#BBAB60#BBAB60

#BBAB60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB60
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -4.41, 40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 40.71, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0129 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.098 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1688, 40.5365, 16.9305)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB60 #6070BB

analogous

#BB7E60 #BBAB60 #9DBB60

triadic

#BBAB60 #60BBAB #AB60BB

tetradic

#BBAB60 #60BB7E #6070BB #BB609D

square

#BBAB60 #60BB7E #6070BB #BB609D

split-complementary

#BBAB60 #609DBB #7E60BB

monochromatic

#706530 #9B8C42 #BBAB60 #CDC28B #E0D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAB60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BBAB60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB60

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB60	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c38f',
    500: '#bbab60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab60;
$custom-light: #d1c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.451,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73859,
    "c": 0.09766,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB60

secondary

#A8AFCE

accent

#6DD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB60

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

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