#BBAE46#BBAE46

#BBAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE46
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -8.08, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 54.10, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0264 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7365, 41.2805, 11.8260)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE46 #4653BB

analogous

#BB7346 #BBAE46 #8EBB46

triadic

#BBAE46 #46BBAE #AE46BB

tetradic

#BBAE46 #46BB73 #4653BB #BB468E

square

#BBAE46 #46BB73 #4653BB #BB468E

split-complementary

#BBAE46 #468EBB #7346BB

monochromatic

#625C24 #8F8535 #BBAE46 #CBC273 #DCD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BBAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE46

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE46	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57e',
    500: '#bbae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae46;
$custom-light: #d2c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74182,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE46

secondary

#949AC8

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE46

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

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