#BBAD5C#BBAD5C

#BBAD5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.104 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD5C
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -5.83, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 43.46, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0174 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.104 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3700, 41.2260, 16.1121)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD5C #5C6ABB

analogous

#BB7E5C #BBAD5C #9ABB5C

triadic

#BBAD5C #5CBBAD #AD5CBB

tetradic

#BBAD5C #5CBB7E #5C6ABB #BB5C9A

square

#BBAD5C #5CBB7E #5C6ABB #BB5C9A

split-complementary

#BBAD5C #5C9ABB #7E5CBB

monochromatic

#6F652E #9A8C40 #BBAD5C #CDC387 #DFD8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BBAD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD5C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD5C	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)

#BAA955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.104 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c58c',
    500: '#bbad5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad5c;
$custom-light: #d1c58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD5C

secondary

#A5ABCD

accent

#69D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD5C

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

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