#BBA834#BBA834

#BBA834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA834
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -5.96, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 59.43, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0224 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1176, 38.8197, 8.8913)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA834 #3447BB

analogous

#BB6534 #BBA834 #8ABB34

triadic

#BBA834 #34BBA8 #A834BB

tetradic

#BBA834 #34BB65 #3447BB #BB348A

square

#BBA834 #34BB65 #3447BB #BB348A

split-complementary

#BBA834 #348ABB #6534BB

monochromatic

#5B5219 #8B7D27 #BBA834 #D1C15B #DFD38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BBA834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BBA834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA834

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA834	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)

#B8A321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c173',
    500: '#bba834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba834;
$custom-light: #d3c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72747,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA834

secondary

#828CC9

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA834

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

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