#BBAD38#BBAD38

#BBAD38 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	#BBAD38
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -8.38, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 59.53, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0288 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1525, 40.7390, 9.6997)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD38 #3846BB

analogous

#BB6C38 #BBAD38 #87BB38

triadic

#BBAD38 #38BBAD #AD38BB

tetradic

#BBAD38 #38BB6C #3846BB #BB3887

square

#BBAD38 #38BB6C #3846BB #BB3887

split-complementary

#BBAD38 #3887BB #6C38BB

monochromatic

#5D561C #8C812A #BBAD38 #D0C461 #DED590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD38

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c576',
    500: '#bbad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad38;
$custom-light: #d3c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73845,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD38

secondary

#868DC8

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD38

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

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