#BBAD3A#BBAD3A

#BBAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.133 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD3A
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -8.28, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 58.75, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0283 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.133 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2023, 40.7589, 9.9625)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD3A #3A48BB

analogous

#BB6C3A #BBAD3A #89BB3A

triadic

#BBAD3A #3ABBAD #AD3ABB

tetradic

#BBAD3A #3ABB6C #3A48BB #BB3A89

square

#BBAD3A #3ABB6C #3A48BB #BB3A89

split-complementary

#BBAD3A #3A89BB #6C3ABB

monochromatic

#5E571D #8C822C #BBAD3A #CFC363 #DDD592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD3A

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD3A	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.133 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c577',
    500: '#bbad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad3a;
$custom-light: #d3c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73861,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD3A

secondary

#888FC8

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD3A

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

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