#BBA832#BBA832

#BBA832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA832
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -6.05, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 60.17, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0229 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0735, 38.8020, 8.6591)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA832 #3245BB

analogous

#BB6432 #BBA832 #8ABB32

triadic

#BBA832 #32BBA8 #A832BB

tetradic

#BBA832 #32BB64 #3245BB #BB328A

square

#BBA832 #32BB64 #3245BB #BB328A

split-complementary

#BBA832 #328ABB #6432BB

monochromatic

#5A5118 #8B7D25 #BBA832 #D2C158 #DFD388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BBA832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BBA832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA832

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA832	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)

#B8A31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c172',
    500: '#bba832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba832;
$custom-light: #d3c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72733,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA832

secondary

#808AC9

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA832

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

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