#BBAB65#BBAB65

#BBAB65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB65
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -3.92, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 38.20, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.011 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.092 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4064, 40.6316, 18.1817)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB65 #6575BB

analogous

#BB8065 #BBAB65 #A0BB65

triadic

#BBAB65 #65BBAB #AB65BB

tetradic

#BBAB65 #65BB80 #6575BB #BB65A0

square

#BBAB65 #65BB80 #6575BB #BB65A0

split-complementary

#BBAB65 #65A0BB #8065BB

monochromatic

#736733 #9D8D45 #BBAB65 #CEC28F #E0D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BBAB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB65

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB65	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c392',
    500: '#bbab65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab65;
$custom-light: #d1c392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73934,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB65

secondary

#ACB3D0

accent

#6FCF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB65

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

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