#BBAE43#BBAE43

#BBAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE43
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -8.27, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 55.40, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0273 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.127 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6441, 41.2436, 11.3397)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE43 #4350BB

analogous

#BB7243 #BBAE43 #8CBB43

triadic

#BBAE43 #43BBAE #AE43BB

tetradic

#BBAE43 #43BB72 #4350BB #BB438C

square

#BBAE43 #43BB72 #4350BB #BB438C

split-complementary

#BBAE43 #438CBB #7243BB

monochromatic

#615A23 #8E8433 #BBAE43 #CCC270 #DCD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BBAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE43

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE43	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)

#BDA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57c',
    500: '#bbae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae43;
$custom-light: #d2c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74153,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE43

secondary

#9298C8

accent

#5FD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE43

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

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