#BBAE39#BBAE39

#BBAE39 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 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE39
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -8.85, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 59.49, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0301 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3696, 41.1338, 9.8940)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE39 #3946BB

analogous

#BB6D39 #BBAE39 #87BB39

triadic

#BBAE39 #39BBAE #AE39BB

tetradic

#BBAE39 #39BB6D #3946BB #BB3987

square

#BBAE39 #39BB6D #3946BB #BB3987

split-complementary

#BBAE39 #3987BB #6D39BB

monochromatic

#5D571C #8C822B #BBAE39 #CFC462 #DDD691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BBAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE39

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE39	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c576',
    500: '#bbae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae39;
$custom-light: #d3c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74067,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE39

secondary

#878EC8

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE39

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

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