#BBAD7E#BBAD7E

#BBAD7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.065 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD7E
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 126)
HSL	hsl(46, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 32.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -2.13, 26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 26.11, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.004 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.065 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2035, 41.9594, 25.7685)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD7E #7E8CBB

analogous

#BB8F7E #BBAD7E #ABBB7E

triadic

#BBAD7E #7EBBAD #AD7EBB

tetradic

#BBAD7E #7EBB8F #7E8CBB #BB7EAB

square

#BBAD7E #7EBB8F #7E8CBB #BB7EAB

split-complementary

#BBAD7E #7EABBB #8F7EBB

monochromatic

#7D6F42 #A59357 #BBAD7E #D0C6A6 #E5E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BBAD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD7E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD7E	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)

#B7AB7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.065 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5a3',
    500: '#bbad7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad7e;
$custom-light: #d0c5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 30.964,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74794,
    "c": 0.06522,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD7E

secondary

#BFC4D6

accent

#55AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD7E

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

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