#BBAD65#BBAD65

#BBAD65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.094 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD65
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -4.98, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 38.98, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.014 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.094 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7870, 41.3928, 18.3085)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD65 #6573BB

analogous

#BB8265 #BBAD65 #9EBB65

triadic

#BBAD65 #65BBAD #AD65BB

tetradic

#BBAD65 #65BB82 #6573BB #BB659E

square

#BBAD65 #65BB82 #6573BB #BB659E

split-complementary

#BBAD65 #659EBB #8265BB

monochromatic

#736833 #9D8F45 #BBAD65 #CEC48F #E0DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BBAD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD65

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD65	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.094 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c592',
    500: '#bbad65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad65;
$custom-light: #d1c592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74355,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD65

secondary

#ACB2D0

accent

#6CCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD65

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

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