#BBAD35#BBAD35

#BBAD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD35
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -8.54, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 60.68, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0296 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0813, 40.7105, 9.3248)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD35 #3543BB

analogous

#BB6A35 #BBAD35 #86BB35

triadic

#BBAD35 #35BBAD #AD35BB

tetradic

#BBAD35 #35BB6A #3543BB #BB3586

square

#BBAD35 #35BB6A #3543BB #BB3586

split-complementary

#BBAD35 #3586BB #6A35BB

monochromatic

#5C551A #8B8127 #BBAD35 #D1C55C #DED68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BBAD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD35

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD35	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)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c574',
    500: '#bbad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad35;
$custom-light: #d3c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD35

secondary

#838AC9

accent

#58DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD35

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

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