#BBA230#BBA230

#BBA230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.131 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA230
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -2.96, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 59.13, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0143 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.131 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9491, 36.6207, 8.0761)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA230 #3049BB

analogous

#BB5C30 #BBA230 #8EBB30

triadic

#BBA230 #30BBA2 #A230BB

tetradic

#BBA230 #30BB5C #3049BB #BB308E

square

#BBA230 #30BB5C #3049BB #BB308E

split-complementary

#BBA230 #308EBB #5C30BB

monochromatic

#5A4E17 #8A7823 #BBA230 #D3BD55 #E0D086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BBA230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BBA230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA230

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA230	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.131 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd70',
    500: '#bba230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba230;
$custom-light: #d3bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71448,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA230

secondary

#7D8BC9

accent

#62E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA230

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

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