#BBA737#BBA737

#BBA737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA737
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -5.28, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 57.96, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0201 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0035, 38.4797, 9.1973)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA737 #374BBB

analogous

#BB6537 #BBA737 #8DBB37

triadic

#BBA737 #37BBA7 #A737BB

tetradic

#BBA737 #37BB65 #374BBB #BB378D

square

#BBA737 #37BB65 #374BBB #BB378D

split-complementary

#BBA737 #378DBB #6537BB

monochromatic

#5C531B #8C7D29 #BBA737 #D0BF5F #DED28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BBA737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BBA737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA737

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA737	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c075',
    500: '#bba737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba737;
$custom-light: #d3c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72557,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA737

secondary

#858FC9

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA737

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

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