#BBAD30#BBAD30

#BBAD30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.140 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD30
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -8.77, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 62.49, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0307 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.14 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9722, 40.6669, 8.7504)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD30 #303EBB

analogous

#BB6730 #BBAD30 #83BB30

triadic

#BBAD30 #30BBAD #AD30BB

tetradic

#BBAD30 #30BB67 #303EBB #BB3083

square

#BBAD30 #30BB67 #303EBB #BB3083

split-complementary

#BBAD30 #3083BB #6730BB

monochromatic

#5A5317 #8A8023 #BBAD30 #D3C755 #E0D786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAD30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BBAD30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD30

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD30	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.140 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c572',
    500: '#bbad30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad30;
$custom-light: #d3c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73789,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD30

secondary

#7D85C9

accent

#55E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD30

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

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