#BBAD83#BBAD83

#BBAD83 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.059 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD83
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 131)
HSL	hsl(45, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 29.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -1.48, 23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 23.50, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0019 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.059 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5342, 42.0917, 27.5103)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD83 #8391BB

analogous

#BB9183 #BBAD83 #ADBB83

triadic

#BBAD83 #83BBAD #AD83BB

tetradic

#BBAD83 #83BB91 #8391BB #BB83AD

square

#BBAD83 #83BB91 #8391BB #BB83AD

split-complementary

#BBAD83 #83ADBB #9183BB

monochromatic

#7E7045 #A5935B #BBAD83 #D1C7AB #E6E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BBAD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD83

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD83	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AB80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAF84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.059 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5a7',
    500: '#bbad83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad83;
$custom-light: #d0c5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74896,
    "c": 0.05911,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD83

secondary

#C3C8D7

accent

#58A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD83

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

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