#BBAD63#BBAD63

#BBAD63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.096 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD63
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 47.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -5.18, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 39.99, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0148 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.096 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6902, 41.3541, 17.7987)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD63 #6371BB

analogous

#BB8163 #BBAD63 #9DBB63

triadic

#BBAD63 #63BBAD #AD63BB

tetradic

#BBAD63 #63BB81 #6371BB #BB639D

square

#BBAD63 #63BB81 #6371BB #BB639D

split-complementary

#BBAD63 #639DBB #8163BB

monochromatic

#726832 #9D8F44 #BBAD63 #CEC38E #E0DAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BBAD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD63

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD63	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.096 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c591',
    500: '#bbad63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad63;
$custom-light: #d1c591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74325,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD63

secondary

#ABB1CF

accent

#6BCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD63

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

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