#BBAD55#BBAD55

#BBAD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD55
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -6.44, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 46.85, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.02 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0780, 41.1092, 14.5743)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD55 #5563BB

analogous

#BB7A55 #BBAD55 #96BB55

triadic

#BBAD55 #55BBAD #AD55BB

tetradic

#BBAD55 #55BB7A #5563BB #BB5596

square

#BBAD55 #55BB7A #5563BB #BB5596

split-complementary

#BBAD55 #5596BB #7A55BB

monochromatic

#6B622B #978A3C #BBAD55 #CCC281 #DED7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD55

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD55	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)

#BBA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c587',
    500: '#bbad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad55;
$custom-light: #d2c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74135,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD55

secondary

#A0A6CC

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD55

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

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