#BBA437#BBA437

#BBA437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA437
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -3.69, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 57.03, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0156 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.128 97)
XYZ	xyz(34.4602, 37.3933, 9.0162)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA437 #374EBB

analogous

#BB6237 #BBA437 #90BB37

triadic

#BBA437 #37BBA4 #A437BB

tetradic

#BBA437 #37BB62 #374EBB #BB3790

square

#BBA437 #37BB62 #374EBB #BB3790

split-complementary

#BBA437 #3790BB #6237BB

monochromatic

#5C511B #8C7B29 #BBA437 #D0BC5F #DED08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BBA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BBA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA437

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA437	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be74',
    500: '#bba437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba437;
$custom-light: #d3be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71922,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.37392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA437

secondary

#8591C9

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA437

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

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