#BBAD4F#BBAD4F

#BBAD4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD4F
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 57.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -6.91, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 49.67, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.022 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8497, 41.0179, 13.3718)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD4F #4F5DBB

analogous

#BB774F #BBAD4F #93BB4F

triadic

#BBAD4F #4FBBAD #AD4FBB

tetradic

#BBAD4F #4FBB77 #4F5DBB #BB4F93

square

#BBAD4F #4FBB77 #4F5DBB #BB4F93

split-complementary

#BBAD4F #4F93BB #774FBB

monochromatic

#685F28 #948839 #BBAD4F #CCC27B #DDD6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BBAD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD4F

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD4F	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)

#BBA845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c583',
    500: '#bbad4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad4f;
$custom-light: #d2c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74063,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD4F

secondary

#9BA1CA

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD4F

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

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