#BBA238#BBA238

#BBA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA238
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -2.57, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 56.04, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0123 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.126 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1293, 36.6928, 9.0253)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA238 #3851BB

analogous

#BB6138 #BBA238 #92BB38

triadic

#BBA238 #38BBA2 #A238BB

tetradic

#BBA238 #38BB61 #3851BB #BB3892

square

#BBA238 #38BB61 #3851BB #BB3892

split-complementary

#BBA238 #3892BB #6138BB

monochromatic

#5D501C #8C792A #BBA238 #D0BA61 #DECF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BBA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BBA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA238

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA238	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd75',
    500: '#bba238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba238;
$custom-light: #d3bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71509,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA238

secondary

#8693C8

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA238

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

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