#BBA137#BBA137

#BBA137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA137
RGB	rgb(187, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -2.09, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 56.15, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.011 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.126 95)
XYZ	xyz(33.9297, 36.3322, 8.8393)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA137 #3751BB

analogous

#BB5F37 #BBA137 #93BB37

triadic

#BBA137 #37BBA1 #A137BB

tetradic

#BBA137 #37BB5F #3751BB #BB3793

square

#BBA137 #37BB5F #3751BB #BB3793

split-complementary

#BBA137 #3793BB #5F37BB

monochromatic

#5C501B #8C7829 #BBA137 #D0BA5F #DECE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BBA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BBA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA137

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA137	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc74',
    500: '#bba137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba137;
$custom-light: #d3bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7129,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.3633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA137

secondary

#8593C9

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA137

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

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