#BBAD5D#BBAD5D

#BBAD5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD5D
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -5.74, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 42.97, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0171 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.103 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4140, 41.2436, 16.3438)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD5D #5D6BBB

analogous

#BB7E5D #BBAD5D #9ABB5D

triadic

#BBAD5D #5DBBAD #AD5DBB

tetradic

#BBAD5D #5DBB7E #5D6BBB #BB5D9A

square

#BBAD5D #5DBB7E #5D6BBB #BB5D9A

split-complementary

#BBAD5D #5D9ABB #7E5DBB

monochromatic

#6F652F #9A8D41 #BBAD5D #CDC388 #DFD9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BBAD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD5D

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD5D	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c58d',
    500: '#bbad5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad5d;
$custom-light: #d1c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74239,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD5D

secondary

#A6ACCE

accent

#69D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD5D

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

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