#BBAB71#BBAB71

#BBAB71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.079 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB71
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 113)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -2.63, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 32.07, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0062 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.079 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0379, 40.8841, 21.5073)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB71 #7181BB

analogous

#BB8671 #BBAB71 #A6BB71

triadic

#BBAB71 #71BBAB #AB71BB

tetradic

#BBAB71 #71BB86 #7181BB #BB71A6

square

#BBAB71 #71BB86 #7181BB #BB71A6

split-complementary

#BBAB71 #71A6BB #8671BB

monochromatic

#786B3A #A18F4D #BBAB71 #CFC39A #E3DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAB71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBAB71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB71

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB71	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.079 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c39a',
    500: '#bbab71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab71;
$custom-light: #d0c39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB71

secondary

#B5BCD2

accent

#74CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB71

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

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