#BBA43D#BBA43D

#BBA43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.124 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA43D
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -3.36, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 54.58, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.014 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.124 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6129, 37.4544, 9.8202)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA43D #3D54BB

analogous

#BB653D #BBA43D #93BB3D

triadic

#BBA43D #3DBBA4 #A43DBB

tetradic

#BBA43D #3DBB65 #3D54BB #BB3D93

square

#BBA43D #3DBB65 #3D54BB #BB3D93

split-complementary

#BBA43D #3D93BB #653DBB

monochromatic

#5F531F #8D7C2E #BBA43D #CEBB68 #DDD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BBA43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BBA43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA43D

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA43D	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)

#B4A030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.124 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be78',
    500: '#bba43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba43d;
$custom-light: #d3be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA43D

secondary

#8C97C8

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA43D

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

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