#BBAE3F#BBAE3F

#BBAE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE3F
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -8.52, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 57.08, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0284 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.13 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5283, 41.1973, 10.7294)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE3F #3F4CBB

analogous

#BB703F #BBAE3F #8ABB3F

triadic

#BBAE3F #3FBBAE #AE3FBB

tetradic

#BBAE3F #3FBB70 #3F4CBB #BB3F8A

square

#BBAE3F #3FBB70 #3F4CBB #BB3F8A

split-complementary

#BBAE3F #3F8ABB #703FBB

monochromatic

#5F5920 #8D8330 #BBAE3F #CDC36A #DCD598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BBAE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE3F

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE3F	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)

#BDA930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57a',
    500: '#bbae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae3f;
$custom-light: #d3c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74117,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE3F

secondary

#8E94C8

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE3F

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

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