#BBA036#BBA036

#BBA036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA036
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -1.60, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 56.27, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0098 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.126 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7319, 35.9746, 8.6564)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA036 #3651BB

analogous

#BB5E36 #BBA036 #93BB36

triadic

#BBA036 #36BBA0 #A036BB

tetradic

#BBA036 #36BB5E #3651BB #BB3693

square

#BBA036 #36BB5E #3651BB #BB3693

split-complementary

#BBA036 #3693BB #5E36BB

monochromatic

#5C4F1B #8C7728 #BBA036 #D0B95E #DECE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BBA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BBA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA036

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA036	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)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb73',
    500: '#bba036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba036;
$custom-light: #d3bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA036

secondary

#8492C9

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA036

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

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