#BBA62D#BBA62D

#BBA62D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.136 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA62D
RGB	rgb(187, 166, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 75.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -5.22, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 61.36, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.021 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.136 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6051, 38.0284, 7.9996)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA62D #2D42BB

analogous

#BB5F2D #BBA62D #89BB2D

triadic

#BBA62D #2DBBA6 #A62DBB

tetradic

#BBA62D #2DBB5F #2D42BB #BB2D89

square

#BBA62D #2DBB5F #2D42BB #BB2D89

split-complementary

#BBA62D #2D89BB #5F2DBB

monochromatic

#584E15 #8A7A21 #BBA62D #D5C150 #E1D382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BBA62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BBA62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA62D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA62D	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 166, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.136 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c06f',
    500: '#bba62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba62d;
$custom-light: #d3c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72274,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA62D

secondary

#7A86CA

accent

#5BE443

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA62D

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

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