#BBAD34#BBAD34

#BBAD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD34
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -8.58, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 61.05, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0298 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.137 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0585, 40.7014, 9.2049)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD34 #3442BB

analogous

#BB6A34 #BBAD34 #86BB34

triadic

#BBAD34 #34BBAD #AD34BB

tetradic

#BBAD34 #34BB6A #3442BB #BB3486

square

#BBAD34 #34BB6A #3442BB #BB3486

split-complementary

#BBAD34 #3486BB #6A34BB

monochromatic

#5B5419 #8B8127 #BBAD34 #D1C55B #DFD68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BBAD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD34

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD34	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)

#BDA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c574',
    500: '#bbad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad34;
$custom-light: #d3c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73816,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD34

secondary

#8289C9

accent

#58E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD34

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

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