#BBAD72#BBAD72

#BBAD72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.080 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD72
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -3.58, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 32.34, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0089 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.08 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4751, 41.6680, 21.9323)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD72 #7280BB

analogous

#BB8972 #BBAD72 #A5BB72

triadic

#BBAD72 #72BBAD #AD72BB

tetradic

#BBAD72 #72BB89 #7280BB #BB72A5

square

#BBAD72 #72BB89 #7280BB #BB72A5

split-complementary

#BBAD72 #72A5BB #8972BB

monochromatic

#786D3A #A2924E #BBAD72 #CFC59B #E3DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BBAD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD72

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD72	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)

#B8AA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.080 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c59b',
    500: '#bbad72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad72;
$custom-light: #d0c59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74569,
    "c": 0.07953,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD72

secondary

#B6BCD3

accent

#72CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD72

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

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