#BBAE45#BBAE45

#BBAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE45
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -8.15, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 54.54, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0267 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7052, 41.2680, 11.6612)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE45 #4552BB

analogous

#BB7345 #BBAE45 #8DBB45

triadic

#BBAE45 #45BBAE #AE45BB

tetradic

#BBAE45 #45BB73 #4552BB #BB458D

square

#BBAE45 #45BB73 #4552BB #BB458D

split-complementary

#BBAE45 #458DBB #7345BB

monochromatic

#625B24 #8F8534 #BBAE45 #CBC272 #DCD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BBAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE45

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE45	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)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57d',
    500: '#bbae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae45;
$custom-light: #d2c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74172,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE45

secondary

#9499C8

accent

#60D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE45

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

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