#BBAD3D#BBAD3D

#BBAD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD3D
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -8.11, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 57.55, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0275 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.131 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2809, 40.7904, 10.3762)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD3D #3D4BBB

analogous

#BB6E3D #BBAD3D #8ABB3D

triadic

#BBAD3D #3DBBAD #AD3DBB

tetradic

#BBAD3D #3DBB6E #3D4BBB #BB3D8A

square

#BBAD3D #3DBB6E #3D4BBB #BB3D8A

split-complementary

#BBAD3D #3D8ABB #6E3DBB

monochromatic

#5F581F #8D822E #BBAD3D #CEC268 #DDD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD3D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD3D	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)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c579',
    500: '#bbad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad3d;
$custom-light: #d3c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73885,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD3D

secondary

#8C92C8

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD3D

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

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