#BBA438#BBA438

#BBA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA438
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -3.64, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 56.63, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0153 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4845, 37.4030, 9.1437)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA438 #384FBB

analogous

#BB6338 #BBA438 #90BB38

triadic

#BBA438 #38BBA4 #A438BB

tetradic

#BBA438 #38BB63 #384FBB #BB3890

square

#BBA438 #38BB63 #384FBB #BB3890

split-complementary

#BBA438 #3890BB #6338BB

monochromatic

#5D511C #8C7B2A #BBA438 #D0BC61 #DED090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BBA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BBA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA438

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA438	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be75',
    500: '#bba438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba438;
$custom-light: #d3be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA438

secondary

#8692C8

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA438

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

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