#BBAD74#BBAD74

#BBAD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.077 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD74
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -3.35, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 31.31, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0081 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.077 96)
XYZ	xyz(38.5902, 41.7141, 22.5384)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD74 #7482BB

analogous

#BB8A74 #BBAD74 #A6BB74

triadic

#BBAD74 #74BBAD #AD74BB

tetradic

#BBAD74 #74BB8A #7482BB #BB74A6

square

#BBAD74 #74BB8A #7482BB #BB74A6

split-complementary

#BBAD74 #74A6BB #8A74BB

monochromatic

#796D3B #A2924F #BBAD74 #CFC59D #E3DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BBAD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD74

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD74	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)

#B8AA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.077 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c59c',
    500: '#bbad74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad74;
$custom-light: #d0c59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74605,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.41713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD74

secondary

#B8BDD3

accent

#73CA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD74

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

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