#BBAD52#BBAD52

#BBAD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD52
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -6.68, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 48.27, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.021 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.113 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9614, 41.0625, 13.9599)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD52 #5260BB

analogous

#BB7852 #BBAD52 #94BB52

triadic

#BBAD52 #52BBAD #AD52BB

tetradic

#BBAD52 #52BB78 #5260BB #BB5294

square

#BBAD52 #52BB78 #5260BB #BB5294

split-complementary

#BBAD52 #5294BB #7852BB

monochromatic

#696129 #95893B #BBAD52 #CCC27E #DED7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BBAD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD52

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD52	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)

#BBA849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c585',
    500: '#bbad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad52;
$custom-light: #d2c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD52

secondary

#9EA4CB

accent

#65D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD52

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

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