#BBAB64#BBAB64

#BBAB64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.093 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB64
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 100)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 46.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -4.02, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 38.70, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0114 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.093 97)
XYZ	xyz(37.3577, 40.6121, 17.9252)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB64 #6474BB

analogous

#BB8064 #BBAB64 #A0BB64

triadic

#BBAB64 #64BBAB #AB64BB

tetradic

#BBAB64 #64BB80 #6474BB #BB64A0

square

#BBAB64 #64BB80 #6474BB #BB64A0

split-complementary

#BBAB64 #64A0BB #8064BB

monochromatic

#726732 #9D8D45 #BBAB64 #CEC28F #E0D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAB64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BBAB64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB64

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB64	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.093 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c391',
    500: '#bbab64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab64;
$custom-light: #d1c391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.966,
    "s": 39.013,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73918,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.40611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB64

secondary

#ABB2CF

accent

#6FCF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB64

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

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