#BBAD51#BBAD51

#BBAD51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD51
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -6.76, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 48.74, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0213 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.114 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9236, 41.0474, 13.7610)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD51 #515FBB

analogous

#BB7851 #BBAD51 #94BB51

triadic

#BBAD51 #51BBAD #AD51BB

tetradic

#BBAD51 #51BB78 #515FBB #BB5194

square

#BBAD51 #51BB78 #515FBB #BB5194

split-complementary

#BBAD51 #5194BB #7851BB

monochromatic

#696029 #95893A #BBAD51 #CCC27D #DDD6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BBAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD51

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD51	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)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c585',
    500: '#bbad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad51;
$custom-light: #d2c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74086,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD51

secondary

#9DA3CB

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD51

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

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