#BBAD3B#BBAD3B

#BBAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD3B
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -8.22, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 58.35, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0281 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2280, 40.7692, 10.0978)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD3B #3B49BB

analogous

#BB6D3B #BBAD3B #89BB3B

triadic

#BBAD3B #3BBBAD #AD3BBB

tetradic

#BBAD3B #3BBB6D #3B49BB #BB3B89

square

#BBAD3B #3BBB6D #3B49BB #BB3B89

split-complementary

#BBAD3B #3B89BB #6D3BBB

monochromatic

#5E571E #8C822C #BBAD3B #CEC365 #DDD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD3B

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD3B	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)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c577',
    500: '#bbad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad3b;
$custom-light: #d3c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD3B

secondary

#8A90C8

accent

#5CDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD3B

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

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