#BBA239#BBA239

#BBA239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA239
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -2.52, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 55.63, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.012 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.125 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1540, 36.7027, 9.1554)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA239 #3952BB

analogous

#BB6139 #BBA239 #93BB39

triadic

#BBA239 #39BBA2 #A239BB

tetradic

#BBA239 #39BB61 #3952BB #BB3993

square

#BBA239 #39BB61 #3952BB #BB3993

split-complementary

#BBA239 #3993BB #6139BB

monochromatic

#5D511C #8C792B #BBA239 #CFBA62 #DDCF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BBA239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BBA239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA239

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA239	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)

#B29F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd75',
    500: '#bba239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba239;
$custom-light: #d3bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71517,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA239

secondary

#8794C8

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA239

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

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