#BBAE4B#BBAE4B

#BBAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE4B
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -7.73, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 51.88, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0248 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9009, 41.3463, 12.6921)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE4B #4B58BB

analogous

#BB764B #BBAE4B #90BB4B

triadic

#BBAE4B #4BBBAE #AE4BBB

tetradic

#BBAE4B #4BBB76 #4B58BB #BB4B90

square

#BBAE4B #4BBB76 #4B58BB #BB4B90

split-complementary

#BBAE4B #4B90BB #764BBB

monochromatic

#655E26 #928737 #BBAE4B #CCC277 #DDD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BBAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE4B

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE4B	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)

#BDA940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c581',
    500: '#bbae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae4b;
$custom-light: #d2c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE4B

secondary

#989ECA

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE4B

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

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