#BBA53B#BBA53B

#BBA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA53B
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -4.01, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 55.72, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0161 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7397, 37.7925, 9.6017)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA53B #3B51BB

analogous

#BB653B #BBA53B #91BB3B

triadic

#BBA53B #3BBBA5 #A53BBB

tetradic

#BBA53B #3BBB65 #3B51BB #BB3B91

square

#BBA53B #3BBB65 #3B51BB #BB3B91

split-complementary

#BBA53B #3B91BB #653BBB

monochromatic

#5E531E #8C7C2C #BBA53B #CEBC65 #DDD093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BBA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BBA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA53B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA53B	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf77',
    500: '#bba53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba53b;
$custom-light: #d3bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72166,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA53B

secondary

#8A94C8

accent

#65DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA53B

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

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