#BBA831#BBA831

#BBA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA831
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -6.10, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 60.54, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0231 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0522, 38.7935, 8.5467)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA831 #3144BB

analogous

#BB6331 #BBA831 #89BB31

triadic

#BBA831 #31BBA8 #A831BB

tetradic

#BBA831 #31BB63 #3144BB #BB3189

square

#BBA831 #31BB63 #3144BB #BB3189

split-complementary

#BBA831 #3189BB #6331BB

monochromatic

#5A5118 #8B7C24 #BBA831 #D3C256 #E0D387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BBA831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BBA831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA831

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA831	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c172',
    500: '#bba831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba831;
$custom-light: #d3c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72726,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA831

secondary

#7F89C9

accent

#5CE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA831

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

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