#BBAA34#BBAA34

#BBAA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA34
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -7.01, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 60.06, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0254 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4897, 39.5638, 9.0153)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA34 #3445BB

analogous

#BB6634 #BBAA34 #89BB34

triadic

#BBAA34 #34BBAA #AA34BB

tetradic

#BBAA34 #34BB66 #3445BB #BB3489

square

#BBAA34 #34BB66 #3445BB #BB3489

split-complementary

#BBAA34 #3489BB #6634BB

monochromatic

#5B5319 #8B7E27 #BBAA34 #D1C25B #DFD48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BBAA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BBAA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA34

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA34	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)

#BAA521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c273',
    500: '#bbaa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa34;
$custom-light: #d3c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73173,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA34

secondary

#828BC9

accent

#5BE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA34

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

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