#BBAD37#BBAD37

#BBAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD37
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -8.44, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 59.92, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0291 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1282, 40.7293, 9.5722)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD37 #3745BB

analogous

#BB6B37 #BBAD37 #87BB37

triadic

#BBAD37 #37BBAD #AD37BB

tetradic

#BBAD37 #37BB6B #3745BB #BB3787

square

#BBAD37 #37BB6B #3745BB #BB3787

split-complementary

#BBAD37 #3787BB #6B37BB

monochromatic

#5C551B #8C8129 #BBAD37 #D0C45F #DED58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD37

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD37	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c575',
    500: '#bbad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad37;
$custom-light: #d3c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73837,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD37

secondary

#858CC9

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD37

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

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