#BBA835#BBA835

#BBA835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA835
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -5.91, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 59.05, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0221 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1404, 38.8288, 9.0112)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA835 #3548BB

analogous

#BB6535 #BBA835 #8BBB35

triadic

#BBA835 #35BBA8 #A835BB

tetradic

#BBA835 #35BB65 #3548BB #BB358B

square

#BBA835 #35BB65 #3548BB #BB358B

split-complementary

#BBA835 #358BBB #6535BB

monochromatic

#5C521A #8B7D27 #BBA835 #D1C05C #DED38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BBA835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BBA835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA835

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA835	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c174',
    500: '#bba835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba835;
$custom-light: #d3c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA835

secondary

#838DC9

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA835

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

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