#BBA642#BBA642

#BBA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA642
RGB	rgb(187, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -4.12, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 53.07, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0156 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.121 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1147, 38.2322, 10.6831)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA642 #4257BB

analogous

#BB6A42 #BBA642 #93BB42

triadic

#BBA642 #42BBA6 #A642BB

tetradic

#BBA642 #42BB6A #4257BB #BB4293

square

#BBA642 #42BB6A #4257BB #BB4293

split-complementary

#BBA642 #4293BB #6A42BB

monochromatic

#615622 #8E7E32 #BBA642 #CCBC6E #DCD19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BBA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BBA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA642

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA642	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07b',
    500: '#bba642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba642;
$custom-light: #d3c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA642

secondary

#919AC8

accent

#68D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA642

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

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