#BBAD59#BBAD59

#BBAD59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD59
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -6.10, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 44.92, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0185 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.107 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.2414, 41.1746, 15.4350)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD59 #5967BB

analogous

#BB7C59 #BBAD59 #98BB59

triadic

#BBAD59 #59BBAD #AD59BB

tetradic

#BBAD59 #59BB7C #5967BB #BB5998

square

#BBAD59 #59BB7C #5967BB #BB5998

split-complementary

#BBAD59 #5998BB #7C59BB

monochromatic

#6D642D #988C3E #BBAD59 #CDC284 #DFD8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BBAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD59

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD59	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c58a',
    500: '#bbad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad59;
$custom-light: #d1c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD59

secondary

#A3A9CD

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD59

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

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