#BBA52F#BBA52F

#BBA52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA52F
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -4.60, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 60.36, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0191 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.134 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4635, 37.6821, 8.1468)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA52F #2F45BB

analogous

#BB5F2F #BBA52F #8BBB2F

triadic

#BBA52F #2FBBA5 #A52FBB

tetradic

#BBA52F #2FBB5F #2F45BB #BB2F8B

square

#BBA52F #2FBB5F #2F45BB #BB2F8B

split-complementary

#BBA52F #2F8BBB #5F2FBB

monochromatic

#594F16 #8A7A23 #BBA52F #D4C053 #E0D284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BBA52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA52F

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA52F	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf70',
    500: '#bba52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba52f;
$custom-light: #d3bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA52F

secondary

#7C88C9

accent

#5EE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA52F

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

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