#BBAA31#BBAA31

#BBAA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA31
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -7.15, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 61.17, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0261 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.4243, 39.5376, 8.6707)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA31 #3142BB

analogous

#BB6531 #BBAA31 #87BB31

triadic

#BBAA31 #31BBAA #AA31BB

tetradic

#BBAA31 #31BB65 #3142BB #BB3187

square

#BBAA31 #31BB65 #3142BB #BB3187

split-complementary

#BBAA31 #3187BB #6531BB

monochromatic

#5A5218 #8B7E24 #BBAA31 #D3C356 #E0D587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BBAA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BBAA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA31

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA31	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)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c272',
    500: '#bbaa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa31;
$custom-light: #d3c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73153,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.39536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA31

secondary

#7F88C9

accent

#59E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA31

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

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