#BBAA3C#BBAA3C

#BBAA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA3C
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -6.59, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 56.93, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0233 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6854, 39.6421, 10.0461)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA3C #3C4DBB

analogous

#BB6B3C #BBAA3C #8CBB3C

triadic

#BBAA3C #3CBBAA #AA3CBB

tetradic

#BBAA3C #3CBB6B #3C4DBB #BB3C8C

square

#BBAA3C #3CBB6B #3C4DBB #BB3C8C

split-complementary

#BBAA3C #3C8CBB #6B3CBB

monochromatic

#5E561E #8D802D #BBAA3C #CEC066 #DDD395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBAA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BBAA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA3C

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA3C	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c378',
    500: '#bbaa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa3c;
$custom-light: #d3c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73236,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA3C

secondary

#8B93C8

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA3C

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

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