#BBAD36#BBAD36

#BBAD36 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	#BBAD36
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -8.49, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 60.30, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0293 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1045, 40.7198, 9.4472)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD36 #3644BB

analogous

#BB6A36 #BBAD36 #87BB36

triadic

#BBAD36 #36BBAD #AD36BB

tetradic

#BBAD36 #36BB6A #3644BB #BB3687

square

#BBAD36 #36BB6A #3644BB #BB3687

split-complementary

#BBAD36 #3687BB #6A36BB

monochromatic

#5C551B #8C8128 #BBAD36 #D0C45E #DED68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BBAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD36

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD36	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c575',
    500: '#bbad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad36;
$custom-light: #d3c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7383,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD36

secondary

#848BC9

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD36

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

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