#BBAD70#BBAD70

#BBAD70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.082 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD70
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -3.81, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 33.37, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0097 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.082 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3625, 41.6230, 21.3393)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD70 #707EBB

analogous

#BB8770 #BBAD70 #A3BB70

triadic

#BBAD70 #70BBAD #AD70BB

tetradic

#BBAD70 #70BB87 #707EBB #BB70A3

square

#BBAD70 #70BB87 #707EBB #BB70A3

split-complementary

#BBAD70 #70A3BB #8770BB

monochromatic

#786C39 #A1914D #BBAD70 #CFC599 #E2DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BBAD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD70

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD70	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AA6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.082 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c59a',
    500: '#bbad70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad70;
$custom-light: #d1c59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74534,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD70

secondary

#B5BAD2

accent

#71CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD70

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

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