#BBA340#BBA340

#BBA340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA340
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -2.65, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 52.99, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0116 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.121 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5177, 37.1311, 10.1984)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA340 #4058BB

analogous

#BB6640 #BBA340 #96BB40

triadic

#BBA340 #40BBA3 #A340BB

tetradic

#BBA340 #40BB66 #4058BB #BB4096

square

#BBA340 #40BB66 #4058BB #BB4096

split-complementary

#BBA340 #4096BB #6640BB

monochromatic

#605421 #8D7B30 #BBA340 #CDBA6C #DCCF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BBA340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BBA340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA340

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA340	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd79',
    500: '#bba340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba340;
$custom-light: #d3bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7179,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA340

secondary

#8F9AC8

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA340

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

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