#BBA735#BBA735

#BBA735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.132 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA735
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -5.38, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 58.73, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0207 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.132 99)
XYZ	xyz(34.9565, 38.4610, 8.9499)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA735 #3549BB

analogous

#BB6435 #BBA735 #8CBB35

triadic

#BBA735 #35BBA7 #A735BB

tetradic

#BBA735 #35BB64 #3549BB #BB358C

square

#BBA735 #35BB64 #3549BB #BB358C

split-complementary

#BBA735 #358CBB #6435BB

monochromatic

#5C521A #8B7C27 #BBA735 #D1BF5C #DED28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BBA735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BBA735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA735

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA735	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.132 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c074',
    500: '#bba735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba735;
$custom-light: #d3c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.38459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA735

secondary

#838DC9

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA735

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

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