#BBAE38#BBAE38

#BBAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE38
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -8.91, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 59.88, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0303 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3449, 41.1239, 9.7639)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE38 #3845BB

analogous

#BB6D38 #BBAE38 #86BB38

triadic

#BBAE38 #38BBAE #AE38BB

tetradic

#BBAE38 #38BB6D #3845BB #BB3886

square

#BBAE38 #38BB6D #3845BB #BB3886

split-complementary

#BBAE38 #3886BB #6D38BB

monochromatic

#5D561C #8C822A #BBAE38 #D0C561 #DED690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE38

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE38	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)

#BEA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c576',
    500: '#bbae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae38;
$custom-light: #d3c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE38

secondary

#868DC8

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE38

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

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