#BBAD69#BBAD69

#BBAD69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.090 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD69
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -4.57, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 36.96, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0125 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.09 98)
XYZ	xyz(37.9878, 41.4731, 19.3659)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD69 #6977BB

analogous

#BB8469 #BBAD69 #A0BB69

triadic

#BBAD69 #69BBAD #AD69BB

tetradic

#BBAD69 #69BB84 #6977BB #BB69A0

square

#BBAD69 #69BB84 #6977BB #BB69A0

split-complementary

#BBAD69 #69A0BB #8469BB

monochromatic

#756A35 #9F9048 #BBAD69 #CEC493 #E1DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BBAD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD69

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD69	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.090 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c595',
    500: '#bbad69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad69;
$custom-light: #d1c595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74418,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.41472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD69

secondary

#AFB5D1

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD69

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

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