#BBAD31#BBAD31

#BBAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.139 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD31
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -8.72, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 62.13, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0305 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.139 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9931, 40.6752, 8.8603)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD31 #313FBB

analogous

#BB6831 #BBAD31 #84BB31

triadic

#BBAD31 #31BBAD #AD31BB

tetradic

#BBAD31 #31BB68 #313FBB #BB3184

square

#BBAD31 #31BB68 #313FBB #BB3184

split-complementary

#BBAD31 #3184BB #6831BB

monochromatic

#5A5318 #8B8024 #BBAD31 #D3C656 #E0D787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BBAD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD31

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD31	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)

#BDA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.139 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c572',
    500: '#bbad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad31;
$custom-light: #d3c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73795,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD31

secondary

#7F86C9

accent

#56E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD31

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

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