#BBAD77#BBAD77

#BBAD77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.074 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD77
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 119)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -3.00, 29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 29.75, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0068 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.074 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7675, 41.7850, 23.4724)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD77 #7785BB

analogous

#BB8B77 #BBAD77 #A7BB77

triadic

#BBAD77 #77BBAD #AD77BB

tetradic

#BBAD77 #77BB8B #7785BB #BB77A7

square

#BBAD77 #77BB8B #7785BB #BB77A7

split-complementary

#BBAD77 #77A7BB #8B77BB

monochromatic

#7A6E3D #A39252 #BBAD77 #CFC6A0 #E4DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BBAD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD77

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD77	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.074 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c59f',
    500: '#bbad77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad77;
$custom-light: #d0c59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74659,
    "c": 0.07364,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD77

secondary

#BABFD4

accent

#74C95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD77

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

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