#BBAA32#BBAA32

#BBAA32 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	#BBAA32
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -7.11, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 60.80, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0258 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.4456, 39.5462, 8.7831)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA32 #3243BB

analogous

#BB6632 #BBAA32 #88BB32

triadic

#BBAA32 #32BBAA #AA32BB

tetradic

#BBAA32 #32BB66 #3243BB #BB3288

square

#BBAA32 #32BB66 #3243BB #BB3288

split-complementary

#BBAA32 #3288BB #6632BB

monochromatic

#5A5218 #8B7E25 #BBAA32 #D2C358 #DFD488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BBAA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BBAA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA32

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA32	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)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c272',
    500: '#bbaa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa32;
$custom-light: #d3c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73159,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.39545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA32

secondary

#8089C9

accent

#5AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA32

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

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