#BBA43B#BBA43B

#BBA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.125 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA43B
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -3.47, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 55.41, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0145 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.125 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5600, 37.4332, 9.5418)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA43B #3B52BB

analogous

#BB643B #BBA43B #92BB3B

triadic

#BBA43B #3BBBA4 #A43BBB

tetradic

#BBA43B #3BBB64 #3B52BB #BB3B92

square

#BBA43B #3BBB64 #3B52BB #BB3B92

split-complementary

#BBA43B #3B92BB #643BBB

monochromatic

#5E521E #8C7B2C #BBA43B #CEBB65 #DDD093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BBA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BBA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA43B

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA43B	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.125 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be77',
    500: '#bba43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba43b;
$custom-light: #d3be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA43B

secondary

#8A95C8

accent

#66DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA43B

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

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