#BBAD5E#BBAD5E

#BBAD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD5E
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -5.65, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 42.47, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0167 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.102 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4586, 41.2614, 16.5786)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD5E #5E6CBB

analogous

#BB7F5E #BBAD5E #9ABB5E

triadic

#BBAD5E #5EBBAD #AD5EBB

tetradic

#BBAD5E #5EBB7F #5E6CBB #BB5E9A

square

#BBAD5E #5EBB7F #5E6CBB #BB5E9A

split-complementary

#BBAD5E #5E9ABB #7F5EBB

monochromatic

#70662F #9B8D41 #BBAD5E #CDC389 #DFD9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BBAD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD5E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD5E	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)

#BAA957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c58d',
    500: '#bbad5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad5e;
$custom-light: #d1c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD5E

secondary

#A7ADCE

accent

#6AD057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD5E

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

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