#BBA338#BBA338

#BBA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA338
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -3.10, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 56.33, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0138 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.126 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3062, 37.0465, 9.0843)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA338 #3850BB

analogous

#BB6238 #BBA338 #91BB38

triadic

#BBA338 #38BBA3 #A338BB

tetradic

#BBA338 #38BB62 #3850BB #BB3891

square

#BBA338 #38BB62 #3850BB #BB3891

split-complementary

#BBA338 #3891BB #6238BB

monochromatic

#5D511C #8C7A2A #BBA338 #D0BB61 #DECF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BBA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BBA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA338

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA338	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd75',
    500: '#bba338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba338;
$custom-light: #d3bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71719,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA338

secondary

#8692C8

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA338

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

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