#BBAB78#BBAB78

#BBAB78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.071 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB78
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -1.81, 28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 28.45, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0033 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.071 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4472, 41.0479, 23.6634)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB78 #7888BB

analogous

#BB8A78 #BBAB78 #A9BB78

triadic

#BBAB78 #78BBAB #AB78BB

tetradic

#BBAB78 #78BB8A #7888BB #BB78A9

square

#BBAB78 #78BB8A #7888BB #BB78A9

split-complementary

#BBAB78 #78A9BB #8A78BB

monochromatic

#7B6C3E #A39052 #BBAB78 #D0C4A1 #E4DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BBAB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB78

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB78	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.071 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c39f',
    500: '#bbab78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab78;
$custom-light: #d0c39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7426,
    "c": 0.07061,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB78

secondary

#BBC1D4

accent

#55AC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB78

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

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