#BBA138#BBA138

#BBA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA138
RGB	rgb(187, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -2.04, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 55.75, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0108 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.125 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9539, 36.3419, 8.9669)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA138 #3852BB

analogous

#BB6038 #BBA138 #93BB38

triadic

#BBA138 #38BBA1 #A138BB

tetradic

#BBA138 #38BB60 #3852BB #BB3893

square

#BBA138 #38BB60 #3852BB #BB3893

split-complementary

#BBA138 #3893BB #6038BB

monochromatic

#5D501C #8C782A #BBA138 #D0BA61 #DECE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BBA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BBA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA138

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA138	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc75',
    500: '#bba138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba138;
$custom-light: #d3bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA138

secondary

#8693C8

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA138

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

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