#BBA837#BBA837

#BBA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA837
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -5.81, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 58.27, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0216 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1874, 38.8476, 9.2586)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA837 #374ABB

analogous

#BB6637 #BBA837 #8CBB37

triadic

#BBA837 #37BBA8 #A837BB

tetradic

#BBA837 #37BB66 #374ABB #BB378C

square

#BBA837 #37BB66 #374ABB #BB378C

split-complementary

#BBA837 #378CBB #6637BB

monochromatic

#5C531B #8C7E29 #BBA837 #D0C05F #DED28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BBA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BBA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA837

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA837	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c175',
    500: '#bba837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba837;
$custom-light: #d3c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA837

secondary

#858FC9

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA837

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

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