#BBAB73#BBAB73

#BBAB73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.076 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB73
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -2.40, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 31.04, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0054 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.076 94)
XYZ	xyz(38.1517, 40.9297, 22.1069)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB73 #7383BB

analogous

#BB8773 #BBAB73 #A7BB73

triadic

#BBAB73 #73BBAB #AB73BB

tetradic

#BBAB73 #73BB87 #7383BB #BB73A7

square

#BBAB73 #73BB87 #7383BB #BB73A7

split-complementary

#BBAB73 #73A7BB #8773BB

monochromatic

#796B3B #A2904F #BBAB73 #CFC49C #E3DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAB73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BBAB73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB73

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB73	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.076 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c39c',
    500: '#bbab73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab73;
$custom-light: #d0c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74167,
    "c": 0.07649,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.40928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB73

secondary

#B7BDD3

accent

#75CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB73

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

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