#BBA73D#BBA73D

#BBA73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA73D
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -4.95, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 55.53, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0185 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1561, 38.5408, 10.0013)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA73D #3D51BB

analogous

#BB683D #BBA73D #90BB3D

triadic

#BBA73D #3DBBA7 #A73DBB

tetradic

#BBA73D #3DBB68 #3D51BB #BB3D90

square

#BBA73D #3DBB68 #3D51BB #BB3D90

split-complementary

#BBA73D #3D90BB #683DBB

monochromatic

#5F551F #8D7E2E #BBA73D #CEBD68 #DDD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BBA73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BBA73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA73D

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA73D	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c078',
    500: '#bba73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba73d;
$custom-light: #d3c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA73D

secondary

#8C95C8

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA73D

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

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