#BBAB72#BBAB72

#BBAB72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.078 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB72
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -2.52, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 31.55, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0058 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.078 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0945, 40.9068, 21.8055)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB72 #7282BB

analogous

#BB8772 #BBAB72 #A7BB72

triadic

#BBAB72 #72BBAB #AB72BB

tetradic

#BBAB72 #72BB87 #7282BB #BB72A7

square

#BBAB72 #72BB87 #7282BB #BB72A7

split-complementary

#BBAB72 #72A7BB #8772BB

monochromatic

#786B3A #A28F4E #BBAB72 #CFC49B #E3DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBAB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB72

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB72	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)

#B6A86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.078 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c39b',
    500: '#bbab72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab72;
$custom-light: #d0c39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7415,
    "c": 0.07766,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB72

secondary

#B6BCD3

accent

#75CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB72

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

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