#BBAE44#BBAE44

#BBAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE44
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -8.21, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 54.97, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.027 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6744, 41.2557, 11.4991)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE44 #4451BB

analogous

#BB7244 #BBAE44 #8DBB44

triadic

#BBAE44 #44BBAE #AE44BB

tetradic

#BBAE44 #44BB72 #4451BB #BB448D

square

#BBAE44 #44BB72 #4451BB #BB448D

split-complementary

#BBAE44 #448DBB #7244BB

monochromatic

#615A23 #8E8434 #BBAE44 #CBC171 #DCD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BBAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE44

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE44	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)

#BDA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57d',
    500: '#bbae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae44;
$custom-light: #d2c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE44

secondary

#9399C8

accent

#60D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE44

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

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