#BBAA37#BBAA37

#BBAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA37
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -6.86, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 58.92, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0246 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5594, 39.5917, 9.3826)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA37 #3748BB

analogous

#BB6837 #BBAA37 #8ABB37

triadic

#BBAA37 #37BBAA #AA37BB

tetradic

#BBAA37 #37BB68 #3748BB #BB378A

square

#BBAA37 #37BB68 #3748BB #BB378A

split-complementary

#BBAA37 #378ABB #6837BB

monochromatic

#5C541B #8C7F29 #BBAA37 #D0C15F #DED48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BBAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA37

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA37	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c275',
    500: '#bbaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa37;
$custom-light: #d3c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73196,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA37

secondary

#858EC9

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA37

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

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