#BBAD5B#BBAD5B

#BBAD5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD5B
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -5.92, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 43.95, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0178 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.105 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3266, 41.2086, 15.8834)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD5B #5B69BB

analogous

#BB7D5B #BBAD5B #99BB5B

triadic

#BBAD5B #5BBBAD #AD5BBB

tetradic

#BBAD5B #5BBB7D #5B69BB #BB5B99

square

#BBAD5B #5BBB7D #5B69BB #BB5B99

split-complementary

#BBAD5B #5B99BB #7D5BBB

monochromatic

#6E652E #998C40 #BBAD5B #CDC386 #DFD8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BBAD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD5B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD5B	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)

#BBA954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c58b',
    500: '#bbad5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad5b;
$custom-light: #d1c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74212,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD5B

secondary

#A5ABCD

accent

#68D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD5B

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

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