#BBAB75#BBAB75

#BBAB75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.074 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB75
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 117)
HSL	hsl(46, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -2.17, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 30.00, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0046 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.074 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2680, 40.9762, 22.7196)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB75 #7585BB

analogous

#BB8875 #BBAB75 #A8BB75

triadic

#BBAB75 #75BBAB #AB75BB

tetradic

#BBAB75 #75BB88 #7585BB #BB75A8

square

#BBAB75 #75BB88 #7585BB #BB75A8

split-complementary

#BBAB75 #75A8BB #8875BB

monochromatic

#7A6C3C #A39050 #BBAB75 #CFC49E #E3DDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAB75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BBAB75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB75

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB75	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)

#B6A971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.074 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c39d',
    500: '#bbab75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab75;
$custom-light: #d0c39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74204,
    "c": 0.07415,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB75

secondary

#B8BFD3

accent

#76CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB75

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

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