#BBA635#BBA635

#BBA635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.131 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA635
RGB	rgb(187, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -4.85, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 58.42, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0191 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.131 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7740, 38.0960, 8.8891)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA635 #354ABB

analogous

#BB6335 #BBA635 #8DBB35

triadic

#BBA635 #35BBA6 #A635BB

tetradic

#BBA635 #35BB63 #354ABB #BB358D

square

#BBA635 #35BB63 #354ABB #BB358D

split-complementary

#BBA635 #358DBB #6335BB

monochromatic

#5C511A #8B7C27 #BBA635 #D1BF5C #DED18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BBA635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BBA635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA635

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA635	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c073',
    500: '#bba635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba635;
$custom-light: #d3c073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA635

secondary

#838EC9

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA635

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

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