#BBA434#BBA434

#BBA434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.130 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA434
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -3.84, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 58.21, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0164 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.13 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3905, 37.3654, 8.6489)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA434 #344BBB

analogous

#BB6134 #BBA434 #8FBB34

triadic

#BBA434 #34BBA4 #A434BB

tetradic

#BBA434 #34BB61 #344BBB #BB348F

square

#BBA434 #34BB61 #344BBB #BB348F

split-complementary

#BBA434 #348FBB #6134BB

monochromatic

#5B5019 #8B7A27 #BBA434 #D1BD5B #DFD08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BBA434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BBA434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA434

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA434	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.130 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be73',
    500: '#bba434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba434;
$custom-light: #d3be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA434

secondary

#828EC9

accent

#62E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA434

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

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