#BBA73B#BBA73B

#BBA73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA73B
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -5.07, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 56.35, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0191 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1033, 38.5197, 9.7229)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA73B #3B4FBB

analogous

#BB673B #BBA73B #8FBB3B

triadic

#BBA73B #3BBBA7 #A73BBB

tetradic

#BBA73B #3BBB67 #3B4FBB #BB3B8F

square

#BBA73B #3BBB67 #3B4FBB #BB3B8F

split-complementary

#BBA73B #3B8FBB #673BBB

monochromatic

#5E541E #8C7D2C #BBA73B #CEBE65 #DDD293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BBA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BBA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA73B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA73B	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)

#B7A32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c077',
    500: '#bba73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba73b;
$custom-light: #d3c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7259,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA73B

secondary

#8A93C8

accent

#63DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA73B

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

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