#BBA333#BBA333

#BBA333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA333
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -3.36, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 58.29, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0151 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1900, 37.0000, 8.4722)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA333 #334BBB

analogous

#BB5F33 #BBA333 #8FBB33

triadic

#BBA333 #33BBA3 #A333BB

tetradic

#BBA333 #33BB5F #334BBB #BB338F

square

#BBA333 #33BB5F #334BBB #BB338F

split-complementary

#BBA333 #338FBB #5F33BB

monochromatic

#5B4F19 #8B7926 #BBA333 #D2BD59 #DFD089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BBA333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BBA333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA333

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA333	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)

#B49F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd72',
    500: '#bba333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba333;
$custom-light: #d3bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7168,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA333

secondary

#818EC9

accent

#62E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA333

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

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