#BBAD3E#BBAD3E

#BBAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD3E
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -8.05, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 57.14, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0272 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3081, 40.8012, 10.5194)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD3E #3E4CBB

analogous

#BB6F3E #BBAD3E #8BBB3E

triadic

#BBAD3E #3EBBAD #AD3EBB

tetradic

#BBAD3E #3EBB6F #3E4CBB #BB3E8B

square

#BBAD3E #3EBB6F #3E4CBB #BB3E8B

split-complementary

#BBAD3E #3E8BBB #6F3EBB

monochromatic

#5F5820 #8D822F #BBAD3E #CDC269 #DCD597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD3E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD3E	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)

#BCA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c579',
    500: '#bbad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad3e;
$custom-light: #d3c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD3E

secondary

#8D93C8

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD3E

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

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