#BBAD43#BBAD43

#BBAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD43
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -7.75, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 55.04, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0258 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4517, 40.8587, 11.2755)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD43 #4351BB

analogous

#BB7143 #BBAD43 #8DBB43

triadic

#BBAD43 #43BBAD #AD43BB

tetradic

#BBAD43 #43BB71 #4351BB #BB438D

square

#BBAD43 #43BB71 #4351BB #BB438D

split-complementary

#BBAD43 #438DBB #7143BB

monochromatic

#615A23 #8E8333 #BBAD43 #CCC170 #DCD49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BBAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD43

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD43	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)

#BCA836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57c',
    500: '#bbad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad43;
$custom-light: #d2c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73939,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD43

secondary

#9298C8

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD43

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

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