#BBAD48#BBAD48

#BBAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD48
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -7.42, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 52.85, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0243 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6082, 40.9213, 12.0999)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD48 #4856BB

analogous

#BB7348 #BBAD48 #8FBB48

triadic

#BBAD48 #48BBAD #AD48BB

tetradic

#BBAD48 #48BB73 #4856BB #BB488F

square

#BBAD48 #48BB73 #4856BB #BB488F

split-complementary

#BBAD48 #488FBB #7348BB

monochromatic

#645C25 #908536 #BBAD48 #CCC175 #DCD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD48

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD48	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)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57f',
    500: '#bbad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad48;
$custom-light: #d2c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.12237,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD48

secondary

#969CC9

accent

#62D552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD48

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

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