#BBAD44#BBAD44

#BBAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD44
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -7.69, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 54.61, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0255 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4819, 40.8708, 11.4349)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD44 #4452BB

analogous

#BB7144 #BBAD44 #8EBB44

triadic

#BBAD44 #44BBAD #AD44BB

tetradic

#BBAD44 #44BB71 #4452BB #BB448E

square

#BBAD44 #44BB71 #4452BB #BB448E

split-complementary

#BBAD44 #448EBB #7144BB

monochromatic

#615A23 #8E8334 #BBAD44 #CBC171 #DCD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BBAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD44

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD44	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)

#BCA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57d',
    500: '#bbad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad44;
$custom-light: #d2c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73948,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD44

secondary

#9399C8

accent

#61D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD44

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

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