#BBAB61#BBAB61

#BBAB61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB61
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -4.31, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 40.21, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0125 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.097 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2152, 40.5551, 17.1745)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB61 #6171BB

analogous

#BB7E61 #BBAB61 #9EBB61

triadic

#BBAB61 #61BBAB #AB61BB

tetradic

#BBAB61 #61BB7E #6171BB #BB619E

square

#BBAB61 #61BB7E #6171BB #BB619E

split-complementary

#BBAB61 #619EBB #7E61BB

monochromatic

#716631 #9C8C43 #BBAB61 #CDC28C #E0D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BBAB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB61

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB61	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B8A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c38f',
    500: '#bbab61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab61;
$custom-light: #d1c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB61

secondary

#A9B0CF

accent

#6DD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB61

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

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