#BBAD3F#BBAD3F

#BBAD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD3F
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -8.00, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 56.72, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.027 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.3358, 40.8123, 10.6653)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD3F #3F4DBB

analogous

#BB6F3F #BBAD3F #8BBB3F

triadic

#BBAD3F #3FBBAD #AD3FBB

tetradic

#BBAD3F #3FBB6F #3F4DBB #BB3F8B

square

#BBAD3F #3FBB6F #3F4DBB #BB3F8B

split-complementary

#BBAD3F #3F8BBB #6F3FBB

monochromatic

#5F5820 #8D8330 #BBAD3F #CDC26A #DCD598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD3F

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD3F	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)

#BCA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57a',
    500: '#bbad3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad3f;
$custom-light: #d3c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.40811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD3F

secondary

#8E94C8

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD3F

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

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