#BBA736#BBA736

#BBA736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA736
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -5.33, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 58.35, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0204 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(34.9797, 38.4703, 9.0723)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA736 #364ABB

analogous

#BB6436 #BBA736 #8DBB36

triadic

#BBA736 #36BBA7 #A736BB

tetradic

#BBA736 #36BB64 #364ABB #BB368D

square

#BBA736 #36BB64 #364ABB #BB368D

split-complementary

#BBA736 #368DBB #6436BB

monochromatic

#5C521B #8C7D28 #BBA736 #D0BF5E #DED28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BBA736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BBA736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA736

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA736	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)

#B7A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c074',
    500: '#bba736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba736;
$custom-light: #d3c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.38469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA736

secondary

#848EC9

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA736

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

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