#BBAB6E#BBAB6E

#BBAB6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.082 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB6E
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -2.97, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 33.61, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0074 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.082 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8718, 40.8177, 20.6325)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB6E #6E7EBB

analogous

#BB846E #BBAB6E #A4BB6E

triadic

#BBAB6E #6EBBAB #AB6EBB

tetradic

#BBAB6E #6EBB84 #6E7EBB #BB6EA4

square

#BBAB6E #6EBB84 #6E7EBB #BB6EA4

split-complementary

#BBAB6E #6EA4BB #846EBB

monochromatic

#776A38 #A18F4B #BBAB6E #CFC398 #E2DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAB6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAB6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB6E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB6E	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)

#B7A869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.082 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c398',
    500: '#bbab6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab6e;
$custom-light: #d1c398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB6E

secondary

#B3B9D2

accent

#73CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB6E

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

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