#BBA53D#BBA53D

#BBA53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.124 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA53D
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -3.89, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 54.89, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0155 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.124 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7926, 37.8137, 9.8801)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA53D #3D53BB

analogous

#BB663D #BBA53D #92BB3D

triadic

#BBA53D #3DBBA5 #A53DBB

tetradic

#BBA53D #3DBB66 #3D53BB #BB3D92

square

#BBA53D #3DBB66 #3D53BB #BB3D92

split-complementary

#BBA53D #3D92BB #663DBB

monochromatic

#5F541F #8D7C2E #BBA53D #CEBC68 #DDD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BBA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BBA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA53D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA53D	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)

#B5A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.124 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf78',
    500: '#bba53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba53d;
$custom-light: #d3bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72184,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA53D

secondary

#8C96C8

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA53D

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

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