#BBAD7F#BBAD7F

#BBAD7F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.064 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD7F
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 127)
HSL	hsl(46, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 32.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -2.00, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 25.58, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0035 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.064 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2683, 41.9853, 26.1100)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD7F #7F8DBB

analogous

#BB8F7F #BBAD7F #ABBB7F

triadic

#BBAD7F #7FBBAD #AD7FBB

tetradic

#BBAD7F #7FBB8F #7F8DBB #BB7FAB

square

#BBAD7F #7FBB8F #7F8DBB #BB7FAB

split-complementary

#BBAD7F #7FABBB #8F7FBB

monochromatic

#7D6F42 #A59358 #BBAD7F #D0C7A7 #E5E0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAD7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBAD7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD7F

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD7F	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAF81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.064 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5a4',
    500: '#bbad7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad7f;
$custom-light: #d0c5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74814,
    "c": 0.064,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD7F

secondary

#C0C5D6

accent

#56A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD7F

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

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