#BBAE3C#BBAE3C

#BBAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE3C
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -8.69, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 58.30, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0293 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4467, 41.1646, 10.2998)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE3C #3C49BB

analogous

#BB6E3C #BBAE3C #88BB3C

triadic

#BBAE3C #3CBBAE #AE3CBB

tetradic

#BBAE3C #3CBB6E #3C49BB #BB3C88

square

#BBAE3C #3CBB6E #3C49BB #BB3C88

split-complementary

#BBAE3C #3C88BB #6E3CBB

monochromatic

#5E581E #8D832D #BBAE3C #CEC366 #DDD595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BBAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE3C

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE3C	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c578',
    500: '#bbae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae3c;
$custom-light: #d3c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74091,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE3C

secondary

#8B91C8

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE3C

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

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