#BBAE35#BBAE35

#BBAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.137 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE35
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -9.06, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 61.01, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0311 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.137 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2737, 41.0955, 9.3890)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE35 #3542BB

analogous

#BB6B35 #BBAE35 #85BB35

triadic

#BBAE35 #35BBAE #AE35BB

tetradic

#BBAE35 #35BB6B #3542BB #BB3585

square

#BBAE35 #35BB6B #3542BB #BB3585

split-complementary

#BBAE35 #3585BB #6B35BB

monochromatic

#5C551A #8B8227 #BBAE35 #D1C65C #DED68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE35

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE35	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)

#BEA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.137 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c574',
    500: '#bbae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae35;
$custom-light: #d3c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74037,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE35

secondary

#838AC9

accent

#57DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE35

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

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