#BBA539#BBA539

#BBA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA539
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -4.12, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 56.54, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0166 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6888, 37.7722, 9.3337)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA539 #394FBB

analogous

#BB6439 #BBA539 #90BB39

triadic

#BBA539 #39BBA5 #A539BB

tetradic

#BBA539 #39BB64 #394FBB #BB3990

square

#BBA539 #39BB64 #394FBB #BB3990

split-complementary

#BBA539 #3990BB #6439BB

monochromatic

#5D521C #8C7C2B #BBA539 #CFBD62 #DDD191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BBA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BBA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA539

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA539	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf76',
    500: '#bba539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba539;
$custom-light: #d3bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA539

secondary

#8792C8

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA539

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

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