#BBAA35#BBAA35

#BBAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA35
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -6.96, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 59.69, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0251 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5125, 39.5729, 9.1352)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA35 #3546BB

analogous

#BB6735 #BBAA35 #89BB35

triadic

#BBAA35 #35BBAA #AA35BB

tetradic

#BBAA35 #35BB67 #3546BB #BB3589

square

#BBAA35 #35BB67 #3546BB #BB3589

split-complementary

#BBAA35 #3589BB #6735BB

monochromatic

#5C531A #8B7F27 #BBAA35 #D1C25C #DED48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BBAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BBAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA35

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA35	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)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c274',
    500: '#bbaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa35;
$custom-light: #d3c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73181,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA35

secondary

#838CC9

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA35

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

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