#BBAD5A#BBAD5A

#BBAD5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.106 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD5A
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -6.01, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 44.44, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0182 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.106 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2837, 41.1915, 15.6577)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD5A #5A68BB

analogous

#BB7D5A #BBAD5A #99BB5A

triadic

#BBAD5A #5ABBAD #AD5ABB

tetradic

#BBAD5A #5ABB7D #5A68BB #BB5A99

square

#BBAD5A #5ABB7D #5A68BB #BB5A99

split-complementary

#BBAD5A #5A99BB #7D5ABB

monochromatic

#6D642D #998C3F #BBAD5A #CDC385 #DFD8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BBAD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD5A

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD5A	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.106 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c58b',
    500: '#bbad5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad5a;
$custom-light: #d1c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.34,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74199,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD5A

secondary

#A4AACD

accent

#68D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD5A

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

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