#BBA435#BBA435

#BBA435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA435
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -3.79, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 57.82, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0161 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.129 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4133, 37.3745, 8.7688)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA435 #354CBB

analogous

#BB6135 #BBA435 #8FBB35

triadic

#BBA435 #35BBA4 #A435BB

tetradic

#BBA435 #35BB61 #354CBB #BB358F

square

#BBA435 #35BB61 #354CBB #BB358F

split-complementary

#BBA435 #358FBB #6135BB

monochromatic

#5C501A #8B7A27 #BBA435 #D1BD5C #DED08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BBA435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BBA435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA435

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA435	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be73',
    500: '#bba435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba435;
$custom-light: #d3be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA435

secondary

#838FC9

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA435

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

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