#BBAE4A#BBAE4A

#BBAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.122 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE4A
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -7.81, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 52.33, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0252 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.122 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8670, 41.3327, 12.5133)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE4A #4A57BB

analogous

#BB754A #BBAE4A #8FBB4A

triadic

#BBAE4A #4ABBAE #AE4ABB

tetradic

#BBAE4A #4ABB75 #4A57BB #BB4A8F

square

#BBAE4A #4ABB75 #4A57BB #BB4A8F

split-complementary

#BBAE4A #4A8FBB #754ABB

monochromatic

#655E26 #918737 #BBAE4A #CCC276 #DCD6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BBAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE4A

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE4A	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c580',
    500: '#bbae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae4a;
$custom-light: #d2c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74222,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE4A

secondary

#979DC9

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE4A

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

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