#BBAD3C#BBAD3C

#BBAD3C 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 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD3C
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -8.17, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 57.95, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0278 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2542, 40.7797, 10.2357)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD3C #3C4ABB

analogous

#BB6D3C #BBAD3C #89BB3C

triadic

#BBAD3C #3CBBAD #AD3CBB

tetradic

#BBAD3C #3CBB6D #3C4ABB #BB3C89

square

#BBAD3C #3CBB6D #3C4ABB #BB3C89

split-complementary

#BBAD3C #3C89BB #6D3CBB

monochromatic

#5E571E #8D822D #BBAD3C #CEC366 #DDD595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD3C

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD3C	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c578',
    500: '#bbad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad3c;
$custom-light: #d3c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73877,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD3C

secondary

#8B91C8

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD3C

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

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