#BBAE40#BBAE40

#BBAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE40
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -8.46, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 56.66, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0282 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5565, 41.2085, 10.8779)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE40 #404DBB

analogous

#BB7140 #BBAE40 #8ABB40

triadic

#BBAE40 #40BBAE #AE40BB

tetradic

#BBAE40 #40BB71 #404DBB #BB408A

square

#BBAE40 #40BB71 #404DBB #BB408A

split-complementary

#BBAE40 #408ABB #7140BB

monochromatic

#605921 #8D8430 #BBAE40 #CDC26C #DCD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BBAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE40

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE40	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)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57a',
    500: '#bbae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae40;
$custom-light: #d3c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74126,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE40

secondary

#8F95C8

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE40

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

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