#BBAE34#BBAE34

#BBAE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.138 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE34
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -9.11, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 61.38, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0313 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.138 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2510, 41.0863, 9.2691)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE34 #3441BB

analogous

#BB6B34 #BBAE34 #85BB34

triadic

#BBAE34 #34BBAE #AE34BB

tetradic

#BBAE34 #34BB6B #3441BB #BB3485

square

#BBAE34 #34BB6B #3441BB #BB3485

split-complementary

#BBAE34 #3485BB #6B34BB

monochromatic

#5B5519 #8B8127 #BBAE34 #D1C65B #DFD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE34

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE34	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)

#BEA81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.138 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c574',
    500: '#bbae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae34;
$custom-light: #d3c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7403,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE34

secondary

#8289C9

accent

#57E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE34

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

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