#BBAD7D#BBAD7D

#BBAD7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.066 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD7D
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 125)
HSL	hsl(46, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 33.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -2.26, 26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 26.63, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0044 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.066 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1393, 41.9337, 25.4303)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD7D #7D8BBB

analogous

#BB8E7D #BBAD7D #AABB7D

triadic

#BBAD7D #7DBBAD #AD7DBB

tetradic

#BBAD7D #7DBB8E #7D8BBB #BB7DAA

square

#BBAD7D #7DBB8E #7D8BBB #BB7DAA

split-complementary

#BBAD7D #7DAABB #8E7DBB

monochromatic

#7C6F41 #A59356 #BBAD7D #D0C6A5 #E5E0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAD7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BBAD7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD7D

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD7D	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.066 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5a3',
    500: '#bbad7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad7d;
$custom-light: #d0c5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.06643,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD7D

secondary

#BEC4D6

accent

#54AA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD7D

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

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