#BBA03B#BBA03B

#BBA03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA03B
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -1.34, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 54.22, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0084 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.122 94)
XYZ	xyz(33.8554, 36.0240, 9.3069)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA03B #3B56BB

analogous

#BB603B #BBA03B #96BB3B

triadic

#BBA03B #3BBBA0 #A03BBB

tetradic

#BBA03B #3BBB60 #3B56BB #BB3B96

square

#BBA03B #3BBB60 #3B56BB #BB3B96

split-complementary

#BBA03B #3B96BB #603BBB

monochromatic

#5E501E #8C782C #BBA03B #CEB865 #DDCD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BBA03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BBA03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA03B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA03B	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb76',
    500: '#bba03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba03b;
$custom-light: #d3bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71115,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.36022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA03B

secondary

#8A97C8

accent

#6BDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA03B

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

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