#BBAD57#BBAD57

#BBAD57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD57
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -6.27, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 45.89, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0193 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.109 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1586, 41.1414, 14.9987)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD57 #5765BB

analogous

#BB7B57 #BBAD57 #97BB57

triadic

#BBAD57 #57BBAD #AD57BB

tetradic

#BBAD57 #57BB7B #5765BB #BB5797

square

#BBAD57 #57BB7B #5765BB #BB5797

split-complementary

#BBAD57 #5797BB #7B57BB

monochromatic

#6C632C #978B3D #BBAD57 #CDC283 #DED8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BBAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD57

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD57	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c589',
    500: '#bbad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad57;
$custom-light: #d2c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD57

secondary

#A2A8CC

accent

#67D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD57

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

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