#BBAA39#BBAA39

#BBAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA39
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -6.76, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 58.14, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0241 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6083, 39.6113, 9.6402)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA39 #394ABB

analogous

#BB6939 #BBAA39 #8BBB39

triadic

#BBAA39 #39BBAA #AA39BB

tetradic

#BBAA39 #39BB69 #394ABB #BB398B

square

#BBAA39 #39BB69 #394ABB #BB398B

split-complementary

#BBAA39 #398BBB #6939BB

monochromatic

#5D551C #8C7F2B #BBAA39 #CFC162 #DDD391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BBAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA39

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA39	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)

#BAA529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c376',
    500: '#bbaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa39;
$custom-light: #d3c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73211,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA39

secondary

#8790C8

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA39

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

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