#BBAE3E#BBAE3E

#BBAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.131 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE3E
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -8.58, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 57.49, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0287 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.131 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5006, 41.1862, 10.5836)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE3E #3E4BBB

analogous

#BB703E #BBAE3E #8ABB3E

triadic

#BBAE3E #3EBBAE #AE3EBB

tetradic

#BBAE3E #3EBB70 #3E4BBB #BB3E8A

square

#BBAE3E #3EBB70 #3E4BBB #BB3E8A

split-complementary

#BBAE3E #3E8ABB #703EBB

monochromatic

#5F5820 #8D832F #BBAE3E #CDC369 #DCD597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BBAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE3E

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE3E	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.131 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c579',
    500: '#bbae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae3e;
$custom-light: #d3c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE3E

secondary

#8D93C8

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE3E

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

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