#BBAA30#BBAA30

#BBAA30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA30
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -7.20, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 61.52, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0263 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4034, 39.5293, 8.5608)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA30 #3041BB

analogous

#BB6430 #BBAA30 #86BB30

triadic

#BBAA30 #30BBAA #AA30BB

tetradic

#BBAA30 #30BB64 #3041BB #BB3086

square

#BBAA30 #30BB64 #3041BB #BB3086

split-complementary

#BBAA30 #3086BB #6430BB

monochromatic

#5A5117 #8A7E23 #BBAA30 #D3C455 #E0D586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BBAA30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BBAA30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA30

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA30	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c271',
    500: '#bbaa30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa30;
$custom-light: #d3c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73146,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA30

secondary

#7D87C9

accent

#59E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA30

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

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