#BBAD61#BBAD61

#BBAD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD61
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -5.37, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 40.99, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0156 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.098 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5958, 41.3163, 17.3014)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD61 #616FBB

analogous

#BB8061 #BBAD61 #9CBB61

triadic

#BBAD61 #61BBAD #AD61BB

tetradic

#BBAD61 #61BB80 #616FBB #BB619C

square

#BBAD61 #61BB80 #616FBB #BB619C

split-complementary

#BBAD61 #619CBB #8061BB

monochromatic

#716731 #9C8E43 #BBAD61 #CDC38C #E0D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BBAD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD61

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD61	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)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c58f',
    500: '#bbad61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad61;
$custom-light: #d1c58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74296,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD61

secondary

#A9AFCF

accent

#6BD058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD61

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

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