#BBAD66#BBAD66

#BBAD66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.093 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD66
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -4.88, 38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 38.48, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0137 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.093 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8363, 41.4125, 18.5682)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD66 #6674BB

analogous

#BB8366 #BBAD66 #9FBB66

triadic

#BBAD66 #66BBAD #AD66BB

tetradic

#BBAD66 #66BB83 #6674BB #BB669F

square

#BBAD66 #66BB83 #6674BB #BB669F

split-complementary

#BBAD66 #669FBB #8366BB

monochromatic

#736933 #9E8F46 #BBAD66 #CEC490 #E1DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BBAD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD66

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD66	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)

#BAA960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.093 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c593',
    500: '#bbad66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad66;
$custom-light: #d1c593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74371,
    "c": 0.0931,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD66

secondary

#ADB3D0

accent

#6DCE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD66

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

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