#BBA640#BBA640

#BBA640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.123 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA640
RGB	rgb(187, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -4.25, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 53.94, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0161 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.123 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0567, 38.2091, 10.3780)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA640 #4055BB

analogous

#BB6940 #BBA640 #93BB40

triadic

#BBA640 #40BBA6 #A640BB

tetradic

#BBA640 #40BB69 #4055BB #BB4093

square

#BBA640 #40BB69 #4055BB #BB4093

split-complementary

#BBA640 #4093BB #6940BB

monochromatic

#605521 #8D7E30 #BBA640 #CDBC6C #DCD199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BBA640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BBA640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA640

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA640	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.123 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07a',
    500: '#bba640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba640;
$custom-light: #d3c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA640

secondary

#8F99C8

accent

#67D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA640

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

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