#BBAE31#BBAE31

#BBAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.140 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE31
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -9.25, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 62.46, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.032 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.14 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1855, 41.0602, 8.9245)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE31 #313EBB

analogous

#BB6931 #BBAE31 #83BB31

triadic

#BBAE31 #31BBAE #AE31BB

tetradic

#BBAE31 #31BB69 #313EBB #BB3183

square

#BBAE31 #31BB69 #313EBB #BB3183

split-complementary

#BBAE31 #3183BB #6931BB

monochromatic

#5A5418 #8B8124 #BBAE31 #D3C756 #E0D787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BBAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE31

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE31	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)

#BEA819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.140 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c572',
    500: '#bbae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae31;
$custom-light: #d3c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7401,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE31

secondary

#7F86C9

accent

#55E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE31

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

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