#BBAD45#BBAD45

#BBAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD45
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -7.62, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 54.17, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0252 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5127, 40.8831, 11.5970)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD45 #4553BB

analogous

#BB7245 #BBAD45 #8EBB45

triadic

#BBAD45 #45BBAD #AD45BB

tetradic

#BBAD45 #45BB72 #4553BB #BB458E

square

#BBAD45 #45BB72 #4553BB #BB458E

split-complementary

#BBAD45 #458EBB #7245BB

monochromatic

#625A24 #8F8434 #BBAD45 #CBC172 #DCD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD45

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD45	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57d',
    500: '#bbad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad45;
$custom-light: #d2c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73958,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD45

secondary

#949AC8

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD45

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

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