#BBAB74#BBAB74

#BBAB74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.075 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB74
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -2.29, 30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 30.52, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.005 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.075 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2096, 40.9528, 22.4116)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB74 #7484BB

analogous

#BB8874 #BBAB74 #A8BB74

triadic

#BBAB74 #74BBAB #AB74BB

tetradic

#BBAB74 #74BB88 #7484BB #BB74A8

square

#BBAB74 #74BB88 #7484BB #BB74A8

split-complementary

#BBAB74 #74A8BB #8874BB

monochromatic

#796B3B #A2904F #BBAB74 #CFC49D #E3DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BBAB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB74

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB74	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#B6A970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.075 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c39c',
    500: '#bbab74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab74;
$custom-light: #d0c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.07533,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB74

secondary

#B8BED3

accent

#76CA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB74

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

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