#BBA030#BBA030

#BBA030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.130 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA030
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -1.89, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 58.58, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0113 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.13 95)
XYZ	xyz(33.5996, 35.9217, 7.9596)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA030 #304BBB

analogous

#BB5A30 #BBA030 #90BB30

triadic

#BBA030 #30BBA0 #A030BB

tetradic

#BBA030 #30BB5A #304BBB #BB3090

square

#BBA030 #30BB5A #304BBB #BB3090

split-complementary

#BBA030 #3090BB #5A30BB

monochromatic

#5A4D17 #8A7623 #BBA030 #D3BB55 #E0CE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BBA030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BBA030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA030

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA030	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)

#B19D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.130 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb70',
    500: '#bba030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba030;
$custom-light: #d3bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71028,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.3592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA030

secondary

#7D8CC9

accent

#64E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA030

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

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