#BBA63B#BBA63B

#BBA63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA63B
RGB	rgb(187, 166, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -4.54, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 56.04, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0176 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(34.9208, 38.1547, 9.6620)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA63B #3B50BB

analogous

#BB663B #BBA63B #90BB3B

triadic

#BBA63B #3BBBA6 #A63BBB

tetradic

#BBA63B #3BBB66 #3B50BB #BB3B90

square

#BBA63B #3BBB66 #3B50BB #BB3B90

split-complementary

#BBA63B #3B90BB #663BBB

monochromatic

#5E531E #8C7D2C #BBA63B #CEBD65 #DDD193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BBA63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BBA63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA63B

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA63B	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 166, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c077',
    500: '#bba63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba63b;
$custom-light: #d3c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72378,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.38153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA63B

secondary

#8A94C8

accent

#64DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA63B

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

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