#BBAE41#BBAE41

#BBAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE41
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -8.40, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 56.24, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0279 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5852, 41.2200, 11.0291)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE41 #414EBB

analogous

#BB7141 #BBAE41 #8BBB41

triadic

#BBAE41 #41BBAE #AE41BB

tetradic

#BBAE41 #41BB71 #414EBB #BB418B

square

#BBAE41 #41BB71 #414EBB #BB418B

split-complementary

#BBAE41 #418BBB #7141BB

monochromatic

#605921 #8E8431 #BBAE41 #CCC26D #DCD59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BBAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE41

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE41	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)

#BDA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57b',
    500: '#bbae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae41;
$custom-light: #d3c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74134,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE41

secondary

#9096C8

accent

#5ED850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE41

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

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