#BBAB76#BBAB76

#BBAB76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.073 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB76
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 118)
HSL	hsl(46, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 36.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -2.05, 29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 29.49, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0042 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.073 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3271, 40.9998, 23.0309)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB76 #7686BB

analogous

#BB8976 #BBAB76 #A9BB76

triadic

#BBAB76 #76BBAB #AB76BB

tetradic

#BBAB76 #76BB89 #7686BB #BB76A9

square

#BBAB76 #76BB89 #7686BB #BB76A9

split-complementary

#BBAB76 #76A9BB #8976BB

monochromatic

#7A6C3D #A39051 #BBAB76 #CFC49F #E4DDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAB76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BBAB76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB76

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB76	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.073 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c39e',
    500: '#bbab76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab76;
$custom-light: #d0c39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 33.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74222,
    "c": 0.07297,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB76

secondary

#B9BFD4

accent

#77CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB76

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

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