#BBA032#BBA032

#BBA032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA032
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -1.80, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 57.83, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0108 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.128 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6418, 35.9386, 8.1818)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA032 #324DBB

analogous

#BB5C32 #BBA032 #92BB32

triadic

#BBA032 #32BBA0 #A032BB

tetradic

#BBA032 #32BB5C #324DBB #BB3292

square

#BBA032 #32BB5C #324DBB #BB3292

split-complementary

#BBA032 #3292BB #5C32BB

monochromatic

#5A4D18 #8B7725 #BBA032 #D2BA58 #DFCE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BBA032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BBA032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA032

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA032	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb71',
    500: '#bba032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba032;
$custom-light: #d3bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA032

secondary

#808EC9

accent

#65E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA032

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

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