#BBAB66#BBAB66

#BBAB66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB66
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -3.82, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 37.69, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0106 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.091 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4557, 40.6513, 18.4413)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB66 #6676BB

analogous

#BB8166 #BBAB66 #A1BB66

triadic

#BBAB66 #66BBAB #AB66BB

tetradic

#BBAB66 #66BB81 #6676BB #BB66A1

square

#BBAB66 #66BB81 #6676BB #BB66A1

split-complementary

#BBAB66 #66A1BB #8166BB

monochromatic

#736733 #9E8D46 #BBAB66 #CEC290 #E1DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BBAB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB66

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB66	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)

#B8A861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c393',
    500: '#bbab66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab66;
$custom-light: #d1c393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73949,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB66

secondary

#ADB4D0

accent

#6FCE59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB66

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

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