#BBAE36#BBAE36

#BBAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.137 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE36
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -9.01, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 60.64, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0308 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.137 103)
XYZ	xyz(36.2970, 41.1047, 9.5114)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE36 #3643BB

analogous

#BB6B36 #BBAE36 #86BB36

triadic

#BBAE36 #36BBAE #AE36BB

tetradic

#BBAE36 #36BB6B #3643BB #BB3686

square

#BBAE36 #36BB6B #3643BB #BB3686

split-complementary

#BBAE36 #3686BB #6B36BB

monochromatic

#5C561B #8C8228 #BBAE36 #D0C55E #DED68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE36

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE36	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)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.137 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c575',
    500: '#bbae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae36;
$custom-light: #d3c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74045,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.41103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE36

secondary

#848BC9

accent

#58DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE36

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

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