#BBA232#BBA232

#BBA232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA232
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -2.87, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 58.39, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0138 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.13 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9913, 36.6376, 8.2983)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA232 #324BBB

analogous

#BB5E32 #BBA232 #90BB32

triadic

#BBA232 #32BBA2 #A232BB

tetradic

#BBA232 #32BB5E #324BBB #BB3290

square

#BBA232 #32BB5E #324BBB #BB3290

split-complementary

#BBA232 #3290BB #5E32BB

monochromatic

#5A4E18 #8B7825 #BBA232 #D2BC58 #DFCF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BBA232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BBA232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA232

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA232	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd71',
    500: '#bba232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba232;
$custom-light: #d3bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA232

secondary

#808DC9

accent

#63E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA232

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

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