#BBAD41#BBAD41

#BBAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD41
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -7.88, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 55.89, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0264 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3927, 40.8351, 10.9650)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD41 #414FBB

analogous

#BB7041 #BBAD41 #8CBB41

triadic

#BBAD41 #41BBAD #AD41BB

tetradic

#BBAD41 #41BB70 #414FBB #BB418C

square

#BBAD41 #41BB70 #414FBB #BB418C

split-complementary

#BBAD41 #418CBB #7041BB

monochromatic

#605921 #8E8331 #BBAD41 #CCC16D #DCD49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BBAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD41

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD41	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57b',
    500: '#bbad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad41;
$custom-light: #d3c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7392,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD41

secondary

#9096C8

accent

#5FD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD41

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

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