#BBAE32#BBAE32

#BBAE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.139 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE32
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -9.20, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 62.11, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0318 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.139 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2069, 41.0687, 9.0369)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE32 #323FBB

analogous

#BB6A32 #BBAE32 #84BB32

triadic

#BBAE32 #32BBAE #AE32BB

tetradic

#BBAE32 #32BB6A #323FBB #BB3284

square

#BBAE32 #32BB6A #323FBB #BB3284

split-complementary

#BBAE32 #3284BB #6A32BB

monochromatic

#5A5418 #8B8125 #BBAE32 #D2C758 #DFD788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BBAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE32

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE32	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)

#BEA81B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.139 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c573',
    500: '#bbae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae32;
$custom-light: #d3c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74017,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE32

secondary

#8087C9

accent

#55E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE32

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

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