#BBA235#BBA235

#BBA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA235
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -2.73, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 57.23, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0131 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.128 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0582, 36.6643, 8.6505)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA235 #354EBB

analogous

#BB5F35 #BBA235 #91BB35

triadic

#BBA235 #35BBA2 #A235BB

tetradic

#BBA235 #35BB5F #354EBB #BB3591

square

#BBA235 #35BB5F #354EBB #BB3591

split-complementary

#BBA235 #3591BB #5F35BB

monochromatic

#5C4F1A #8B7927 #BBA235 #D1BB5C #DECF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BBA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BBA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA235

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA235	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)

#B39F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd73',
    500: '#bba235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba235;
$custom-light: #d3bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71485,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA235

secondary

#8390C9

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA235

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

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