#BBAD40#BBAD40

#BBAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD40
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -7.94, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 56.31, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0267 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.3640, 40.8236, 10.8138)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD40 #404EBB

analogous

#BB7040 #BBAD40 #8CBB40

triadic

#BBAD40 #40BBAD #AD40BB

tetradic

#BBAD40 #40BB70 #404EBB #BB408C

square

#BBAD40 #40BB70 #404EBB #BB408C

split-complementary

#BBAD40 #408CBB #7040BB

monochromatic

#605921 #8D8330 #BBAD40 #CDC26C #DCD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD40

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD40	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)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57a',
    500: '#bbad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad40;
$custom-light: #d3c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73911,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.40822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD40

secondary

#8F95C8

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD40

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

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