#BBAD73#BBAD73

#BBAD73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.078 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD73
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -3.47, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 31.83, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0085 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.078 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5323, 41.6909, 22.2337)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD73 #7381BB

analogous

#BB8973 #BBAD73 #A5BB73

triadic

#BBAD73 #73BBAD #AD73BB

tetradic

#BBAD73 #73BB89 #7381BB #BB73A5

square

#BBAD73 #73BB89 #7381BB #BB73A5

split-complementary

#BBAD73 #73A5BB #8973BB

monochromatic

#796D3B #A2924F #BBAD73 #CFC59C #E3DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BBAD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD73

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD73	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.078 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c59c',
    500: '#bbad73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad73;
$custom-light: #d0c59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74587,
    "c": 0.07836,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD73

secondary

#B7BCD3

accent

#72CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD73

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

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