#BBA836#BBA836

#BBA836 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	#BBA836
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -5.86, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 58.66, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0219 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1636, 38.8381, 9.1336)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA836 #3649BB

analogous

#BB6636 #BBA836 #8BBB36

triadic

#BBA836 #36BBA8 #A836BB

tetradic

#BBA836 #36BB66 #3649BB #BB368B

square

#BBA836 #36BB66 #3649BB #BB368B

split-complementary

#BBA836 #368BBB #6636BB

monochromatic

#5C531B #8C7D28 #BBA836 #D0C05E #DED38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BBA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BBA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA836

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA836	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)

#B8A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c174',
    500: '#bba836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba836;
$custom-light: #d3c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72762,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA836

secondary

#848EC9

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA836

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

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