#BBAB6D#BBAB6D

#BBAB6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.083 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB6D
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -3.08, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 34.13, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0078 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.083 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8176, 40.7960, 20.3474)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB6D #6D7DBB

analogous

#BB846D #BBAB6D #A4BB6D

triadic

#BBAB6D #6DBBAB #AB6DBB

tetradic

#BBAB6D #6DBB84 #6D7DBB #BB6DA4

square

#BBAB6D #6DBB84 #6D7DBB #BB6DA4

split-complementary

#BBAB6D #6DA4BB #846DBB

monochromatic

#766937 #A08F4B #BBAB6D #CEC397 #E2DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAB6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAB6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB6D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB6D	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.083 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c397',
    500: '#bbab6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab6d;
$custom-light: #d1c397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74063,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB6D

secondary

#B2B9D1

accent

#73CC5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB6D

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

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