#BBAA42#BBAA42

#BBAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA42
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -6.24, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 54.41, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0216 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(35.8531, 39.7092, 10.9293)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA42 #4253BB

analogous

#BB6D42 #BBAA42 #90BB42

triadic

#BBAA42 #42BBAA #AA42BB

tetradic

#BBAA42 #42BB6D #4253BB #BB4290

square

#BBAA42 #42BB6D #4253BB #BB4290

split-complementary

#BBAA42 #4290BB #6D42BB

monochromatic

#615822 #8E8132 #BBAA42 #CCBF6E #DCD39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BBAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA42

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA42	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c37b',
    500: '#bbaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa42;
$custom-light: #d3c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.39708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA42

secondary

#9199C8

accent

#63D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA42

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

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