#BBA23F#BBA23F

#BBA23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.121 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA23F
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -2.17, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 53.11, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0103 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.121 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3127, 36.7661, 9.9909)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA23F #3F58BB

analogous

#BB643F #BBA23F #96BB3F

triadic

#BBA23F #3FBBA2 #A23FBB

tetradic

#BBA23F #3FBB64 #3F58BB #BB3F96

square

#BBA23F #3FBB64 #3F58BB #BB3F96

split-complementary

#BBA23F #3F96BB #643FBB

monochromatic

#5F5320 #8D7A30 #BBA23F #CDB96A #DCCF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BBA23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BBA23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA23F

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA23F	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.121 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd79',
    500: '#bba23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba23f;
$custom-light: #d3bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7157,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA23F

secondary

#8E99C8

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA23F

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

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