#BBAD47#BBAD47

#BBAD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD47
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -7.49, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 53.30, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0246 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5758, 40.9083, 11.9295)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD47 #4755BB

analogous

#BB7347 #BBAD47 #8FBB47

triadic

#BBAD47 #47BBAD #AD47BB

tetradic

#BBAD47 #47BB73 #4755BB #BB478F

square

#BBAD47 #47BB73 #4755BB #BB478F

split-complementary

#BBAD47 #478FBB #7347BB

monochromatic

#635B25 #908535 #BBAD47 #CCC174 #DCD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBAD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD47

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD47	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)

#BCA83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57e',
    500: '#bbad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad47;
$custom-light: #d2c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73978,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD47

secondary

#959BC9

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD47

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

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