#BBAD4A#BBAD4A

#BBAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD4A
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -7.28, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 51.96, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0237 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6745, 40.9478, 12.4491)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD4A #4A58BB

analogous

#BB744A #BBAD4A #90BB4A

triadic

#BBAD4A #4ABBAD #AD4ABB

tetradic

#BBAD4A #4ABB74 #4A58BB #BB4A90

square

#BBAD4A #4ABB74 #4A58BB #BB4A90

split-complementary

#BBAD4A #4A90BB #744ABB

monochromatic

#655D26 #918637 #BBAD4A #CCC176 #DCD5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BBAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD4A

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD4A	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)

#BCA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c580',
    500: '#bbad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad4a;
$custom-light: #d2c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD4A

secondary

#979EC9

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD4A

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

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