#BBAE33#BBAE33

#BBAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.139 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE33
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -9.15, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 61.75, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0315 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.139 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2287, 41.0774, 9.1517)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE33 #3340BB

analogous

#BB6A33 #BBAE33 #84BB33

triadic

#BBAE33 #33BBAE #AE33BB

tetradic

#BBAE33 #33BB6A #3340BB #BB3384

square

#BBAE33 #33BB6A #3340BB #BB3384

split-complementary

#BBAE33 #3384BB #6A33BB

monochromatic

#5B5519 #8B8126 #BBAE33 #D2C659 #DFD789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE33

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE33	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.139 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c573',
    500: '#bbae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae33;
$custom-light: #d3c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74023,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE33

secondary

#8188C9

accent

#56E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE33

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

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