#BBA331#BBA331

#BBA331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.131 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA331
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -3.45, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 59.05, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0156 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.131 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1468, 36.9827, 8.2449)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA331 #3149BB

analogous

#BB5E31 #BBA331 #8EBB31

triadic

#BBA331 #31BBA3 #A331BB

tetradic

#BBA331 #31BB5E #3149BB #BB318E

square

#BBA331 #31BB5E #3149BB #BB318E

split-complementary

#BBA331 #318EBB #5E31BB

monochromatic

#5A4E18 #8B7924 #BBA331 #D3BD56 #E0D087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BBA331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BBA331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA331

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA331	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.131 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd71',
    500: '#bba331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba331;
$custom-light: #d3bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA331

secondary

#7F8CC9

accent

#61E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA331

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

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