#BBA033#BBA033

#BBA033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA033
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -1.75, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 57.44, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0105 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.128 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6636, 35.9473, 8.2967)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA033 #334EBB

analogous

#BB5C33 #BBA033 #92BB33

triadic

#BBA033 #33BBA0 #A033BB

tetradic

#BBA033 #33BB5C #334EBB #BB3392

square

#BBA033 #33BB5C #334EBB #BB3392

split-complementary

#BBA033 #3392BB #5C33BB

monochromatic

#5B4E19 #8B7726 #BBA033 #D2BA59 #DFCE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BBA033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BBA033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA033

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA033	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)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb72',
    500: '#bba033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba033;
$custom-light: #d3bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7105,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA033

secondary

#818FC9

accent

#66E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA033

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

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