#BBAD42#BBAD42

#BBAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD42
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -7.81, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 55.46, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0261 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4219, 40.8468, 11.1189)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD42 #4250BB

analogous

#BB7142 #BBAD42 #8DBB42

triadic

#BBAD42 #42BBAD #AD42BB

tetradic

#BBAD42 #42BB71 #4250BB #BB428D

square

#BBAD42 #42BB71 #4250BB #BB428D

split-complementary

#BBAD42 #428DBB #7142BB

monochromatic

#615922 #8E8332 #BBAD42 #CCC16E #DCD49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BBAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD42

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD42	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)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57b',
    500: '#bbad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad42;
$custom-light: #d2c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73929,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD42

secondary

#9197C8

accent

#60D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD42

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

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