#BBA82E#BBA82E

#BBA82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA82E
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -6.23, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 61.61, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0238 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.137 100)
XYZ	xyz(34.9910, 38.7690, 8.2243)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA82E #2E41BB

analogous

#BB612E #BBA82E #87BB2E

triadic

#BBA82E #2EBBA8 #A82EBB

tetradic

#BBA82E #2EBB61 #2E41BB #BB2E87

square

#BBA82E #2EBB61 #2E41BB #BB2E87

split-complementary

#BBA82E #2E87BB #612EBB

monochromatic

#595016 #8A7C22 #BBA82E #D4C352 #E0D483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BBA82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BBA82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA82E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA82E	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c170',
    500: '#bba82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba82e;
$custom-light: #d3c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.38767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA82E

secondary

#7B86CA

accent

#5AE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA82E

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

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