#BBA23A#BBA23A

#BBA23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.124 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA23A
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -2.46, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 55.22, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0118 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.124 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1792, 36.7127, 9.2881)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA23A #3A53BB

analogous

#BB613A #BBA23A #93BB3A

triadic

#BBA23A #3ABBA2 #A23ABB

tetradic

#BBA23A #3ABB61 #3A53BB #BB3A93

square

#BBA23A #3ABB61 #3A53BB #BB3A93

split-complementary

#BBA23A #3A93BB #613ABB

monochromatic

#5E511D #8C7A2C #BBA23A #CFBA63 #DDCF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BBA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BBA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA23A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA23A	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)

#B29F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.124 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd76',
    500: '#bba23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba23a;
$custom-light: #d3bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA23A

secondary

#8895C8

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA23A

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

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