#BBAA3A#BBAA3A

#BBAA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA3A
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -6.71, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 57.74, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0239 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.131 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6335, 39.6213, 9.7729)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA3A #3A4BBB

analogous

#BB693A #BBAA3A #8BBB3A

triadic

#BBAA3A #3ABBAA #AA3ABB

tetradic

#BBAA3A #3ABB69 #3A4BBB #BB3A8B

square

#BBAA3A #3ABB69 #3A4BBB #BB3A8B

split-complementary

#BBAA3A #3A8BBB #693ABB

monochromatic

#5E551D #8C802C #BBAA3A #CFC163 #DDD392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBAA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BBAA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA3A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA3A	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)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c377',
    500: '#bbaa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa3a;
$custom-light: #d3c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA3A

secondary

#8891C8

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA3A

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

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