#BBA643#BBA643

#BBA643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA643
RGB	rgb(187, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -4.06, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 52.64, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0153 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.12 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1444, 38.2441, 10.8398)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA643 #4358BB

analogous

#BB6A43 #BBA643 #94BB43

triadic

#BBA643 #43BBA6 #A643BB

tetradic

#BBA643 #43BB6A #4358BB #BB4394

square

#BBA643 #43BB6A #4358BB #BB4394

split-complementary

#BBA643 #4394BB #6A43BB

monochromatic

#615623 #8E7E33 #BBA643 #CCBC70 #DCD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BBA643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BBA643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA643

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA643	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)

#B6A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c07c',
    500: '#bba643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba643;
$custom-light: #d3c07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72451,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA643

secondary

#929BC8

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA643

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

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