#BBAD4D#BBAD4D

#BBAD4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD4D
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -7.06, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 50.59, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0227 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7780, 40.9892, 12.9942)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD4D #4D5BBB

analogous

#BB764D #BBAD4D #92BB4D

triadic

#BBAD4D #4DBBAD #AD4DBB

tetradic

#BBAD4D #4DBB76 #4D5BBB #BB4D92

square

#BBAD4D #4DBB76 #4D5BBB #BB4D92

split-complementary

#BBAD4D #4D92BB #764DBB

monochromatic

#665E27 #938738 #BBAD4D #CCC179 #DDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BBAD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD4D

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD4D	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)

#BCA843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c582',
    500: '#bbad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad4d;
$custom-light: #d2c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD4D

secondary

#9AA0CA

accent

#64D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD4D

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

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