#BBAE48#BBAE48

#BBAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE48
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -7.94, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 53.22, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0258 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8007, 41.3062, 12.1641)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE48 #4855BB

analogous

#BB7448 #BBAE48 #8FBB48

triadic

#BBAE48 #48BBAE #AE48BB

tetradic

#BBAE48 #48BB74 #4855BB #BB488F

square

#BBAE48 #48BB74 #4855BB #BB488F

split-complementary

#BBAE48 #488FBB #7448BB

monochromatic

#645D25 #908636 #BBAE48 #CCC275 #DCD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BBAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE48

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE48	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)

#BDA93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57f',
    500: '#bbae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae48;
$custom-light: #d2c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74201,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE48

secondary

#969CC9

accent

#61D552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE48

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

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