#BBAA44#BBAA44

#BBAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA44
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -6.11, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 53.55, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.021 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9131, 39.7332, 11.2453)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA44 #4455BB

analogous

#BB6F44 #BBAA44 #90BB44

triadic

#BBAA44 #44BBAA #AA44BB

tetradic

#BBAA44 #44BB6F #4455BB #BB4490

square

#BBAA44 #44BB6F #4455BB #BB4490

split-complementary

#BBAA44 #4490BB #6F44BB

monochromatic

#615823 #8E8134 #BBAA44 #CBBE71 #DCD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BBAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA44

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA44	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37c',
    500: '#bbaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa44;
$custom-light: #d2c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73308,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA44

secondary

#939AC8

accent

#64D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA44

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

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