#BBA42F#BBA42F

#BBA42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.133 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA42F
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -4.07, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 60.07, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0176 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.133 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2838, 37.3227, 8.0870)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA42F #2F46BB

analogous

#BB5E2F #BBA42F #8CBB2F

triadic

#BBA42F #2FBBA4 #A42FBB

tetradic

#BBA42F #2FBB5E #2F46BB #BB2F8C

square

#BBA42F #2FBB5E #2F46BB #BB2F8C

split-complementary

#BBA42F #2F8CBB #5E2FBB

monochromatic

#594E16 #8A7923 #BBA42F #D4BF53 #E0D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BBA42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BBA42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA42F

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA42F	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.133 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be70',
    500: '#bba42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba42f;
$custom-light: #d3be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71864,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA42F

secondary

#7C89C9

accent

#5FE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA42F

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

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