#BBAE42#BBAE42

#BBAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE42
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -8.34, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 55.82, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0276 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6144, 41.2317, 11.1831)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE42 #424FBB

analogous

#BB7242 #BBAE42 #8BBB42

triadic

#BBAE42 #42BBAE #AE42BB

tetradic

#BBAE42 #42BB72 #424FBB #BB428B

square

#BBAE42 #42BB72 #424FBB #BB428B

split-complementary

#BBAE42 #428BBB #7242BB

monochromatic

#615A22 #8E8432 #BBAE42 #CCC26E #DCD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BBAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE42

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE42	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57c',
    500: '#bbae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae42;
$custom-light: #d2c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE42

secondary

#9197C8

accent

#5FD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE42

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

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