#BBAD4E#BBAD4E

#BBAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD4E
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -6.99, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 50.13, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0224 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.8136, 41.0034, 13.1815)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD4E #4E5CBB

analogous

#BB774E #BBAD4E #92BB4E

triadic

#BBAD4E #4EBBAD #AD4EBB

tetradic

#BBAD4E #4EBB77 #4E5CBB #BB4E92

square

#BBAD4E #4EBB77 #4E5CBB #BB4E92

split-complementary

#BBAD4E #4E92BB #774EBB

monochromatic

#675F28 #938839 #BBAD4E #CCC17A #DDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BBAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD4E

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD4E	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)

#BCA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c583',
    500: '#bbad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad4e;
$custom-light: #d2c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74052,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD4E

secondary

#9BA1CA

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD4E

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

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