#BBAD39#BBAD39

#BBAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD39
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -8.33, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 59.14, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0286 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1772, 40.7489, 9.8298)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD39 #3947BB

analogous

#BB6C39 #BBAD39 #88BB39

triadic

#BBAD39 #39BBAD #AD39BB

tetradic

#BBAD39 #39BB6C #3947BB #BB3988

square

#BBAD39 #39BB6C #3947BB #BB3988

split-complementary

#BBAD39 #3988BB #6C39BB

monochromatic

#5D561C #8C822B #BBAD39 #CFC362 #DDD591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD39

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c576',
    500: '#bbad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad39;
$custom-light: #d3c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73853,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD39

secondary

#878EC8

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD39

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

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