#BBA537#BBA537

#BBA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA537
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -4.22, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 57.34, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0171 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.129 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6399, 37.7526, 9.0761)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA537 #374DBB

analogous

#BB6337 #BBA537 #8FBB37

triadic

#BBA537 #37BBA5 #A537BB

tetradic

#BBA537 #37BB63 #374DBB #BB378F

square

#BBA537 #37BB63 #374DBB #BB378F

split-complementary

#BBA537 #378FBB #6337BB

monochromatic

#5C521B #8C7B29 #BBA537 #D0BD5F #DED18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BBA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA537

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA537	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)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf74',
    500: '#bba537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba537;
$custom-light: #d3bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72133,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA537

secondary

#8590C9

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA537

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

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