#BBAB69#BBAB69

#BBAB69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.088 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB69
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -3.51, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 36.17, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0094 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.088 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6072, 40.7119, 19.2391)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB69 #6979BB

analogous

#BB8269 #BBAB69 #A2BB69

triadic

#BBAB69 #69BBAB #AB69BB

tetradic

#BBAB69 #69BB82 #6979BB #BB69A2

square

#BBAB69 #69BB82 #6979BB #BB69A2

split-complementary

#BBAB69 #69A2BB #8269BB

monochromatic

#756835 #9F8E48 #BBAB69 #CEC393 #E1DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAB69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BBAB69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB69

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB69	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.088 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c395',
    500: '#bbab69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab69;
$custom-light: #d1c395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73997,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB69

secondary

#AFB6D1

accent

#71CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB69

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

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