#BBA739#BBA739

#BBA739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA739
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -5.18, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 57.16, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0196 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0524, 38.4993, 9.4549)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA739 #394DBB

analogous

#BB6639 #BBA739 #8EBB39

triadic

#BBA739 #39BBA7 #A739BB

tetradic

#BBA739 #39BB66 #394DBB #BB398E

square

#BBA739 #39BB66 #394DBB #BB398E

split-complementary

#BBA739 #398EBB #6639BB

monochromatic

#5D531C #8C7D2B #BBA739 #CFBE62 #DDD291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BBA739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BBA739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA739

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA739	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	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)

#B7A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c076',
    500: '#bba739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba739;
$custom-light: #d3c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72573,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA739

secondary

#8791C8

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA739

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

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