#BBAE3D#BBAE3D

#BBAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE3D
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -8.63, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 57.90, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.029 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4734, 41.1753, 10.4404)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE3D #3D4ABB

analogous

#BB6F3D #BBAE3D #89BB3D

triadic

#BBAE3D #3DBBAE #AE3DBB

tetradic

#BBAE3D #3DBB6F #3D4ABB #BB3D89

square

#BBAE3D #3DBB6F #3D4ABB #BB3D89

split-complementary

#BBAE3D #3D89BB #6F3DBB

monochromatic

#5F581F #8D832E #BBAE3D #CEC368 #DDD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BBAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE3D

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE3D	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)

#BDA92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.132 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c579',
    500: '#bbae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae3d;
$custom-light: #d3c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.741,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE3D

secondary

#8C92C8

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE3D

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

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