#BBAB7B#BBAB7B

#BBAB7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.067 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB7B
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 123)
HSL	hsl(45, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 34.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -1.44, 26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 26.89, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0021 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.067 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6322, 41.1219, 24.6374)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB7B #7B8BBB

analogous

#BB8B7B #BBAB7B #ABBB7B

triadic

#BBAB7B #7BBBAB #AB7BBB

tetradic

#BBAB7B #7BBB8B #7B8BBB #BB7BAB

square

#BBAB7B #7BBB8B #7B8BBB #BB7BAB

split-complementary

#BBAB7B #7BABBB #8B7BBB

monochromatic

#7C6D40 #A49055 #BBAB7B #D0C5A3 #E5DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAB7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAB7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB7B

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB7B	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.067 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3a1',
    500: '#bbab7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab7b;
$custom-light: #d0c3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74318,
    "c": 0.06703,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB7B

secondary

#BDC3D5

accent

#57AB3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120F

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB7B

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

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