#BBAD71#BBAD71

#BBAD71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.081 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD71
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -3.70, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 32.86, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0093 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.081 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4185, 41.6454, 21.6342)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD71 #717FBB

analogous

#BB8871 #BBAD71 #A4BB71

triadic

#BBAD71 #71BBAD #AD71BB

tetradic

#BBAD71 #71BB88 #717FBB #BB71A4

square

#BBAD71 #71BB88 #717FBB #BB71A4

split-complementary

#BBAD71 #71A4BB #8871BB

monochromatic

#786C3A #A1924D #BBAD71 #CFC59A #E3DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BBAD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD71

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD71	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.081 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c59a',
    500: '#bbad71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad71;
$custom-light: #d0c59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74551,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD71

secondary

#B5BBD2

accent

#71CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD71

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

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