#BBA532#BBA532

#BBA532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA532
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -4.47, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 59.26, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0184 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(34.5261, 37.7071, 8.4766)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA532 #3248BB

analogous

#BB6132 #BBA532 #8DBB32

triadic

#BBA532 #32BBA5 #A532BB

tetradic

#BBA532 #32BB61 #3248BB #BB328D

square

#BBA532 #32BB61 #3248BB #BB328D

split-complementary

#BBA532 #328DBB #6132BB

monochromatic

#5A5018 #8B7A25 #BBA532 #D2BF58 #DFD188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BBA532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA532

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA532	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)

#B6A11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf72',
    500: '#bba532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba532;
$custom-light: #d3bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.37705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA532

secondary

#808CC9

accent

#60E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA532

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

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