#BBA535#BBA535

#BBA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA535
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -4.32, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 58.12, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0176 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5929, 37.7338, 8.8287)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA535 #354BBB

analogous

#BB6235 #BBA535 #8EBB35

triadic

#BBA535 #35BBA5 #A535BB

tetradic

#BBA535 #35BB62 #354BBB #BB358E

square

#BBA535 #35BB62 #354BBB #BB358E

split-complementary

#BBA535 #358EBB #6235BB

monochromatic

#5C511A #8B7B27 #BBA535 #D1BE5C #DED18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BBA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA535

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA535	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf73',
    500: '#bba535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba535;
$custom-light: #d3bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72118,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA535

secondary

#838FC9

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA535

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

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