#BBA436#BBA436

#BBA436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA436
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -3.74, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 57.43, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0159 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.129 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4365, 37.3838, 8.8912)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA436 #364DBB

analogous

#BB6136 #BBA436 #90BB36

triadic

#BBA436 #36BBA4 #A436BB

tetradic

#BBA436 #36BB61 #364DBB #BB3690

square

#BBA436 #36BB61 #364DBB #BB3690

split-complementary

#BBA436 #3690BB #6136BB

monochromatic

#5C511B #8C7A28 #BBA436 #D0BD5E #DED08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BBA436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BBA436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA436

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA436	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be74',
    500: '#bba436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba436;
$custom-light: #d3be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA436

secondary

#8490C9

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA436

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

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