#BBAD75#BBAD75

#BBAD75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.076 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD75
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 117)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -3.24, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 30.79, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0077 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.076 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6487, 41.7375, 22.8464)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD75 #7583BB

analogous

#BB8A75 #BBAD75 #A6BB75

triadic

#BBAD75 #75BBAD #AD75BB

tetradic

#BBAD75 #75BB8A #7583BB #BB75A6

square

#BBAD75 #75BB8A #7583BB #BB75A6

split-complementary

#BBAD75 #75A6BB #8A75BB

monochromatic

#7A6D3C #A39250 #BBAD75 #CFC59E #E3DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAD75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BBAD75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD75

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD75	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.076 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c59d',
    500: '#bbad75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad75;
$custom-light: #d0c59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74623,
    "c": 0.07601,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD75

secondary

#B8BED3

accent

#73CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD75

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

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