#BBAE2D#BBAE2D

#BBAE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.142 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE2D
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 75.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -9.42, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 63.84, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0329 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.142 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1048, 41.0279, 8.4995)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE2D #2D3ABB

analogous

#BB672D #BBAE2D #81BB2D

triadic

#BBAE2D #2DBBAE #AE2DBB

tetradic

#BBAE2D #2DBB67 #2D3ABB #BB2D81

square

#BBAE2D #2DBB67 #2D3ABB #BB2D81

split-complementary

#BBAE2D #2D81BB #672DBB

monochromatic

#585215 #8A8021 #BBAE2D #D5C950 #E1D882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BBAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE2D

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE2D	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA810

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.142 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c570',
    500: '#bbae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae2d;
$custom-light: #d3c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73985,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE2D

secondary

#7A81CA

accent

#52E443

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE2D

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

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