#BBAB70#BBAB70

#BBAB70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.080 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB70
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 112)
HSL	hsl(47, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -2.75, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 32.59, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0066 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.08 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9819, 40.8617, 21.2125)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB70 #7080BB

analogous

#BB8570 #BBAB70 #A5BB70

triadic

#BBAB70 #70BBAB #AB70BB

tetradic

#BBAB70 #70BB85 #7080BB #BB70A5

square

#BBAB70 #70BB85 #7080BB #BB70A5

split-complementary

#BBAB70 #70A5BB #8570BB

monochromatic

#786A39 #A18F4D #BBAB70 #CFC399 #E2DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAB70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BBAB70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB70

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB70	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.080 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c39a',
    500: '#bbab70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab70;
$custom-light: #d1c39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74114,
    "c": 0.07997,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB70

secondary

#B5BBD2

accent

#74CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB70

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

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