#BBA02F#BBA02F

#BBA02F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.130 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA02F
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -1.94, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 58.95, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0115 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.13 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5792, 35.9135, 7.8521)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA02F #2F4ABB

analogous

#BB5A2F #BBA02F #90BB2F

triadic

#BBA02F #2FBBA0 #A02FBB

tetradic

#BBA02F #2FBB5A #2F4ABB #BB2F90

square

#BBA02F #2FBB5A #2F4ABB #BB2F90

split-complementary

#BBA02F #2F90BB #5A2FBB

monochromatic

#594C16 #8A7623 #BBA02F #D4BB53 #E0CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BBA02F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BBA02F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA02F

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA02F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA02F	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba02f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.130 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb70',
    500: '#bba02f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba02f;
$custom-light: #d3bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba02f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71021,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA02F

secondary

#7C8BC9

accent

#63E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA02F

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

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