#BBAD50#BBAD50

#BBAD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD50
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -6.84, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 49.21, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0217 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8864, 41.0325, 13.5649)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD50 #505EBB

analogous

#BB7850 #BBAD50 #93BB50

triadic

#BBAD50 #50BBAD #AD50BB

tetradic

#BBAD50 #50BB78 #505EBB #BB5093

square

#BBAD50 #50BB78 #505EBB #BB5093

split-complementary

#BBAD50 #5093BB #7850BB

monochromatic

#686028 #94883A #BBAD50 #CCC27C #DDD6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BBAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD50

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD50	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c584',
    500: '#bbad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad50;
$custom-light: #d2c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74075,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD50

secondary

#9CA2CB

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD50

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

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