#BBAD79#BBAD79

#BBAD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.071 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD79
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -2.76, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 28.71, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.006 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.071 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8889, 41.8336, 24.1116)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD79 #7987BB

analogous

#BB8C79 #BBAD79 #A8BB79

triadic

#BBAD79 #79BBAD #AD79BB

tetradic

#BBAD79 #79BB8C #7987BB #BB79A8

square

#BBAD79 #79BB8C #7987BB #BB79A8

split-complementary

#BBAD79 #79A8BB #8C79BB

monochromatic

#7B6E3E #A49353 #BBAD79 #D0C6A2 #E4DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BBAD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD79

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD79	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.071 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5a0',
    500: '#bbad79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad79;
$custom-light: #d0c5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74697,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD79

secondary

#BBC1D5

accent

#52AB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD79

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

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