#BBAD56#BBAD56

#BBAD56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.110 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD56
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -6.36, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 46.37, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0196 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.11 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1180, 41.1252, 14.7851)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD56 #5664BB

analogous

#BB7A56 #BBAD56 #96BB56

triadic

#BBAD56 #56BBAD #AD56BB

tetradic

#BBAD56 #56BB7A #5664BB #BB5696

square

#BBAD56 #56BB7A #5664BB #BB5696

split-complementary

#BBAD56 #5696BB #7A56BB

monochromatic

#6B622B #978B3D #BBAD56 #CDC282 #DED7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD56

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD56	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)

#BBA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.110 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c588',
    500: '#bbad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad56;
$custom-light: #d2c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74147,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD56

secondary

#A1A7CC

accent

#67D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD56

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

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