#BBA234#BBA234

#BBA234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA234
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -2.77, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 57.62, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0133 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.128 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.0354, 36.6552, 8.5306)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA234 #344DBB

analogous

#BB5F34 #BBA234 #91BB34

triadic

#BBA234 #34BBA2 #A234BB

tetradic

#BBA234 #34BB5F #344DBB #BB3491

square

#BBA234 #34BB5F #344DBB #BB3491

split-complementary

#BBA234 #3491BB #5F34BB

monochromatic

#5B4F19 #8B7927 #BBA234 #D1BB5B #DFCF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BBA234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BBA234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA234

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA234	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)

#B39F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd73',
    500: '#bba234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba234;
$custom-light: #d3bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71477,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.36653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA234

secondary

#828FC9

accent

#64E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA234

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

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