#BBA337#BBA337

#BBA337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA337
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -3.16, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 56.73, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0141 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.127 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2820, 37.0368, 8.9568)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA337 #374FBB

analogous

#BB6137 #BBA337 #91BB37

triadic

#BBA337 #37BBA3 #A337BB

tetradic

#BBA337 #37BB61 #374FBB #BB3791

square

#BBA337 #37BB61 #374FBB #BB3791

split-complementary

#BBA337 #3791BB #6137BB

monochromatic

#5C511B #8C7A29 #BBA337 #D0BB5F #DECF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BBA337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BBA337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA337

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA337	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd74',
    500: '#bba337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba337;
$custom-light: #d3bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71711,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA337

secondary

#8591C9

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA337

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

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