#BBAB79#BBAB79

#BBAB79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.069 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB79
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -1.69, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 27.93, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0029 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.069 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5083, 41.0723, 23.9847)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB79 #7989BB

analogous

#BB8A79 #BBAB79 #AABB79

triadic

#BBAB79 #79BBAB #AB79BB

tetradic

#BBAB79 #79BB8A #7989BB #BB79AA

square

#BBAB79 #79BB8A #7989BB #BB79AA

split-complementary

#BBAB79 #79AABB #8A79BB

monochromatic

#7B6C3E #A49053 #BBAB79 #D0C4A2 #E4DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BBAB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB79

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB79	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)

#B6A976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.069 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3a0',
    500: '#bbab79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab79;
$custom-light: #d0c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74279,
    "c": 0.06942,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB79

secondary

#BBC1D5

accent

#56AB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB79

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

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