#BBA536#BBA536

#BBA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA536
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -4.27, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 57.73, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0174 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6162, 37.7431, 8.9511)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA536 #364CBB

analogous

#BB6236 #BBA536 #8FBB36

triadic

#BBA536 #36BBA5 #A536BB

tetradic

#BBA536 #36BB62 #364CBB #BB368F

square

#BBA536 #36BB62 #364CBB #BB368F

split-complementary

#BBA536 #368FBB #6236BB

monochromatic

#5C511B #8C7B28 #BBA536 #D0BD5E #DED18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BBA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA536

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA536	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)

#B5A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf74',
    500: '#bba536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba536;
$custom-light: #d3bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA536

secondary

#848FC9

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA536

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

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