#BBAB6A#BBAB6A

#BBAB6A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.087 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB6A
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 43.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -3.40, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 35.66, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.009 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.087 96)
XYZ	xyz(37.6589, 40.7325, 19.5113)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB6A #6A7ABB

analogous

#BB826A #BBAB6A #A3BB6A

triadic

#BBAB6A #6ABBAB #AB6ABB

tetradic

#BBAB6A #6ABB82 #6A7ABB #BB6AA3

square

#BBAB6A #6ABB82 #6A7ABB #BB6AA3

split-complementary

#BBAB6A #6AA3BB #826ABB

monochromatic

#756935 #9F8E49 #BBAB6A #CEC394 #E1DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAB6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBAB6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB6A

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB6A	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A865

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.087 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c395',
    500: '#bbab6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab6a;
$custom-light: #d1c395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74013,
    "c": 0.08679,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.40731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB6A

secondary

#B0B7D1

accent

#71CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB6A

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

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