#BBAD46#BBAD46

#BBAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD46
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -7.56, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 53.74, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0249 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5440, 40.8956, 11.7619)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD46 #4654BB

analogous

#BB7346 #BBAD46 #8EBB46

triadic

#BBAD46 #46BBAD #AD46BB

tetradic

#BBAD46 #46BB73 #4654BB #BB468E

square

#BBAD46 #46BB73 #4654BB #BB468E

split-complementary

#BBAD46 #468EBB #7346BB

monochromatic

#625B24 #8F8435 #BBAD46 #CBC173 #DCD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD46

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD46	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)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57e',
    500: '#bbad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad46;
$custom-light: #d2c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73968,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD46

secondary

#949BC8

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD46

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

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