#BBA540#BBA540

#BBA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA540
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -3.71, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 53.62, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0146 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.122 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8756, 37.8469, 10.3177)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA540 #4056BB

analogous

#BB6840 #BBA540 #94BB40

triadic

#BBA540 #40BBA5 #A540BB

tetradic

#BBA540 #40BB68 #4056BB #BB4094

square

#BBA540 #40BB68 #4056BB #BB4094

split-complementary

#BBA540 #4094BB #6840BB

monochromatic

#605521 #8D7D30 #BBA540 #CDBB6C #DCD099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BBA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BBA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA540

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA540	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7a',
    500: '#bba540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba540;
$custom-light: #d3bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72211,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA540

secondary

#8F99C8

accent

#68D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA540

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

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