#BBAD49#BBAD49

#BBAD49 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 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD49
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -7.35, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 52.41, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.024 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6411, 40.9344, 12.2731)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD49 #4957BB

analogous

#BB7449 #BBAD49 #90BB49

triadic

#BBAD49 #49BBAD #AD49BB

tetradic

#BBAD49 #49BB74 #4957BB #BB4990

square

#BBAD49 #49BB74 #4957BB #BB4990

split-complementary

#BBAD49 #4990BB #7449BB

monochromatic

#645C25 #918636 #BBAD49 #CCC176 #DCD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BBAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD49

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD49	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c580',
    500: '#bbad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad49;
$custom-light: #d2c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73998,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD49

secondary

#979DC9

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD49

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

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