#BBAE37#BBAE37

#BBAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE37
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -8.96, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 60.26, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0306 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(36.3207, 41.1142, 9.6364)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE37 #3744BB

analogous

#BB6C37 #BBAE37 #86BB37

triadic

#BBAE37 #37BBAE #AE37BB

tetradic

#BBAE37 #37BB6C #3744BB #BB3786

square

#BBAE37 #37BB6C #3744BB #BB3786

split-complementary

#BBAE37 #3786BB #6C37BB

monochromatic

#5C561B #8C8229 #BBAE37 #D0C55F #DED68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE37

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE37	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)

#BEA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c575',
    500: '#bbae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae37;
$custom-light: #d3c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74052,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.41113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE37

secondary

#858CC9

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE37

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

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