#BBAD53#BBAD53

#BBAD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD53
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -6.60, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 47.80, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0207 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.113 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9997, 41.0779, 14.1618)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD53 #5361BB

analogous

#BB7953 #BBAD53 #95BB53

triadic

#BBAD53 #53BBAD #AD53BB

tetradic

#BBAD53 #53BB79 #5361BB #BB5395

square

#BBAD53 #53BB79 #5361BB #BB5395

split-complementary

#BBAD53 #5395BB #7953BB

monochromatic

#6A612A #96893B #BBAD53 #CCC27F #DED7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD53

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD53	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c586',
    500: '#bbad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad53;
$custom-light: #d2c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD53

secondary

#9EA4CB

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD53

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

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