#BBAD4C#BBAD4C

#BBAD4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD4C
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -7.14, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 51.05, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.023 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7429, 40.9752, 12.8096)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD4C #4C5ABB

analogous

#BB764C #BBAD4C #92BB4C

triadic

#BBAD4C #4CBBAD #AD4CBB

tetradic

#BBAD4C #4CBB76 #4C5ABB #BB4C92

square

#BBAD4C #4CBB76 #4C5ABB #BB4C92

split-complementary

#BBAD4C #4C92BB #764CBB

monochromatic

#665E27 #928738 #BBAD4C #CCC178 #DDD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BBAD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD4C

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD4C	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)

#BCA842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c582',
    500: '#bbad4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad4c;
$custom-light: #d2c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7403,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD4C

secondary

#999FCA

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD4C

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

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