#BBAA3D#BBAA3D

#BBAA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA3D
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -6.54, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 56.52, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.023 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7121, 39.6528, 10.1866)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA3D #3D4EBB

analogous

#BB6B3D #BBAA3D #8DBB3D

triadic

#BBAA3D #3DBBAA #AA3DBB

tetradic

#BBAA3D #3DBB6B #3D4EBB #BB3D8D

square

#BBAA3D #3DBB6B #3D4EBB #BB3D8D

split-complementary

#BBAA3D #3D8DBB #6B3DBB

monochromatic

#5F561F #8D802E #BBAA3D #CEC068 #DDD396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBAA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BBAA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA3D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA3D	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)

#BAA52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c378',
    500: '#bbaa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa3d;
$custom-light: #d3c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA3D

secondary

#8C94C8

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA3D

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

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