#BBA636#BBA636

#BBA636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA636
RGB	rgb(187, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -4.80, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 58.04, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0189 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7973, 38.1053, 9.0115)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA636 #364BBB

analogous

#BB6336 #BBA636 #8EBB36

triadic

#BBA636 #36BBA6 #A636BB

tetradic

#BBA636 #36BB63 #364BBB #BB368E

square

#BBA636 #36BB63 #364BBB #BB368E

split-complementary

#BBA636 #368EBB #6336BB

monochromatic

#5C521B #8C7C28 #BBA636 #D0BE5E #DED18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BBA636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BBA636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA636

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA636	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)

#B6A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c074',
    500: '#bba636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba636;
$custom-light: #d3c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72337,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA636

secondary

#848FC9

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA636

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

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