#BBAE3A#BBAE3A

#BBAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.134 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE3A
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -8.80, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 59.10, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0298 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.134 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3948, 41.1439, 10.0266)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE3A #3A47BB

analogous

#BB6D3A #BBAE3A #88BB3A

triadic

#BBAE3A #3ABBAE #AE3ABB

tetradic

#BBAE3A #3ABB6D #3A47BB #BB3A88

square

#BBAE3A #3ABB6D #3A47BB #BB3A88

split-complementary

#BBAE3A #3A88BB #6D3ABB

monochromatic

#5E571D #8C832C #BBAE3A #CFC463 #DDD692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BBAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE3A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE3A	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)

#BEA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.134 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c577',
    500: '#bbae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae3a;
$custom-light: #d3c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74075,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE3A

secondary

#888FC8

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE3A

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

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