#BBAE47#BBAE47

#BBAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE47
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -8.01, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 53.66, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0261 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7683, 41.2933, 11.9936)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE47 #4754BB

analogous

#BB7447 #BBAE47 #8EBB47

triadic

#BBAE47 #47BBAE #AE47BB

tetradic

#BBAE47 #47BB74 #4754BB #BB478E

square

#BBAE47 #47BB74 #4754BB #BB478E

split-complementary

#BBAE47 #478EBB #7447BB

monochromatic

#635C25 #908635 #BBAE47 #CCC274 #DCD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BBAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE47

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE47	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)

#BDA93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57f',
    500: '#bbae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae47;
$custom-light: #d2c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE47

secondary

#959BC9

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE47

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

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