#BBAE49#BBAE49

#BBAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE49
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -7.88, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 52.78, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0255 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.8335, 41.3194, 12.3373)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE49 #4956BB

analogous

#BB7549 #BBAE49 #8FBB49

triadic

#BBAE49 #49BBAE #AE49BB

tetradic

#BBAE49 #49BB75 #4956BB #BB498F

square

#BBAE49 #49BB75 #4956BB #BB498F

split-complementary

#BBAE49 #498FBB #7549BB

monochromatic

#645D25 #918636 #BBAE49 #CCC276 #DCD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BBAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE49

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE49	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)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c580',
    500: '#bbae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae49;
$custom-light: #d2c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74212,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.41318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE49

secondary

#979CC9

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE49

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

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