#BBA233#BBA233

#BBA233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA233
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -2.82, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 58.01, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0136 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.129 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.0131, 36.6463, 8.4132)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA233 #334CBB

analogous

#BB5E33 #BBA233 #90BB33

triadic

#BBA233 #33BBA2 #A233BB

tetradic

#BBA233 #33BB5E #334CBB #BB3390

square

#BBA233 #33BB5E #334CBB #BB3390

split-complementary

#BBA233 #3390BB #5E33BB

monochromatic

#5B4F19 #8B7826 #BBA233 #D2BC59 #DFCF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BBA233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BBA233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA233

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA233	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)

#B39E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd72',
    500: '#bba233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba233;
$custom-light: #d3bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7147,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.36644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA233

secondary

#818EC9

accent

#64E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA233

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

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