#BBA035#BBA035

#BBA035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA035
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -1.66, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 56.66, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.01 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.126 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7087, 35.9653, 8.5340)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA035 #3550BB

analogous

#BB5D35 #BBA035 #93BB35

triadic

#BBA035 #35BBA0 #A035BB

tetradic

#BBA035 #35BB5D #3550BB #BB3593

square

#BBA035 #35BB5D #3550BB #BB3593

split-complementary

#BBA035 #3593BB #5D35BB

monochromatic

#5C4E1A #8B7727 #BBA035 #D1B95C #DECE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BBA035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BBA035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA035

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA035	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)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb73',
    500: '#bba035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba035;
$custom-light: #d3bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71065,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA035

secondary

#8391C9

accent

#67DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA035

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

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