#BBAD5F#BBAD5F

#BBAD5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.101 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD5F
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -5.56, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 41.98, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0163 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.101 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5037, 41.2795, 16.8165)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD5F #5F6DBB

analogous

#BB7F5F #BBAD5F #9BBB5F

triadic

#BBAD5F #5FBBAD #AD5FBB

tetradic

#BBAD5F #5FBB7F #5F6DBB #BB5F9B

square

#BBAD5F #5FBB7F #5F6DBB #BB5F9B

split-complementary

#BBAD5F #5F9BBB #7F5FBB

monochromatic

#706630 #9B8D42 #BBAD5F #CDC38A #E0D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BBAD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD5F

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD5F	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.101 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c58e',
    500: '#bbad5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad5f;
$custom-light: #d1c58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74267,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD5F

secondary

#A8AECE

accent

#6AD058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD5F

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

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