#BBAD32#BBAD32

#BBAD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD32
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -8.68, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 61.78, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0303 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0144, 40.6838, 8.9727)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD32 #3240BB

analogous

#BB6932 #BBAD32 #85BB32

triadic

#BBAD32 #32BBAD #AD32BB

tetradic

#BBAD32 #32BB69 #3240BB #BB3285

square

#BBAD32 #32BB69 #3240BB #BB3285

split-complementary

#BBAD32 #3285BB #6932BB

monochromatic

#5A5418 #8B8025 #BBAD32 #D2C658 #DFD688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BBAD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD32

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD32	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c573',
    500: '#bbad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad32;
$custom-light: #d3c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD32

secondary

#8087C9

accent

#57E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD32

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →