#BBAA3E#BBAA3E

#BBAA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA3E
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -6.48, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 56.11, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0228 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7393, 39.6636, 10.3298)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA3E #3E4FBB

analogous

#BB6C3E #BBAA3E #8EBB3E

triadic

#BBAA3E #3EBBAA #AA3EBB

tetradic

#BBAA3E #3EBB6C #3E4FBB #BB3E8E

square

#BBAA3E #3EBB6C #3E4FBB #BB3E8E

split-complementary

#BBAA3E #3E8EBB #6C3EBB

monochromatic

#5F5620 #8D802F #BBAA3E #CDC069 #DCD397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BBAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA3E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA3E	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)

#BAA530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c379',
    500: '#bbaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa3e;
$custom-light: #d3c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73253,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA3E

secondary

#8D95C8

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA3E

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

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