#BBAA36#BBAA36

#BBAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.133 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA36
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -6.91, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 59.31, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0249 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.133 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5357, 39.5822, 9.2576)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA36 #3647BB

analogous

#BB6836 #BBAA36 #89BB36

triadic

#BBAA36 #36BBAA #AA36BB

tetradic

#BBAA36 #36BB68 #3647BB #BB3689

square

#BBAA36 #36BB68 #3647BB #BB3689

split-complementary

#BBAA36 #3689BB #6836BB

monochromatic

#5C541B #8C7F28 #BBAA36 #D0C25E #DED48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BBAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BBAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA36

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA36	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.133 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c274',
    500: '#bbaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa36;
$custom-light: #d3c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73188,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA36

secondary

#848DC9

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA36

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

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