#BBA530#BBA530

#BBA530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.133 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA530
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -4.56, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 60.00, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0188 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.133 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4839, 37.6902, 8.2543)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA530 #3046BB

analogous

#BB6030 #BBA530 #8BBB30

triadic

#BBA530 #30BBA5 #A530BB

tetradic

#BBA530 #30BB60 #3046BB #BB308B

square

#BBA530 #30BB60 #3046BB #BB308B

split-complementary

#BBA530 #308BBB #6030BB

monochromatic

#5A4F17 #8A7A23 #BBA530 #D3BF55 #E0D286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BBA530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA530

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA530	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)

#B6A11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.133 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf71',
    500: '#bba530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba530;
$custom-light: #d3bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72082,
    "c": 0.13311,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA530

secondary

#7D89C9

accent

#5EE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA530

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

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