#BBA534#BBA534

#BBA534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA534
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -4.37, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 58.50, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0179 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5702, 37.7247, 8.7088)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA534 #344ABB

analogous

#BB6234 #BBA534 #8EBB34

triadic

#BBA534 #34BBA5 #A534BB

tetradic

#BBA534 #34BB62 #344ABB #BB348E

square

#BBA534 #34BB62 #344ABB #BB348E

split-complementary

#BBA534 #348EBB #6234BB

monochromatic

#5B5019 #8B7B27 #BBA534 #D1BE5B #DFD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BBA534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA534

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA534	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)

#B5A122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf73',
    500: '#bba534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba534;
$custom-light: #d3bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA534

secondary

#828EC9

accent

#61E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA534

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

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