#BBA83A#BBA83A

#BBA83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA83A
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -5.65, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 57.08, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0209 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2615, 38.8772, 9.6489)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA83A #3A4DBB

analogous

#BB683A #BBA83A #8DBB3A

triadic

#BBA83A #3ABBA8 #A83ABB

tetradic

#BBA83A #3ABB68 #3A4DBB #BB3A8D

square

#BBA83A #3ABB68 #3A4DBB #BB3A8D

split-complementary

#BBA83A #3A8DBB #683ABB

monochromatic

#5E541D #8C7E2C #BBA83A #CFBF63 #DDD292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BBA83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BBA83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA83A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA83A	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c176',
    500: '#bba83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba83a;
$custom-light: #d3c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72794,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA83A

secondary

#8892C8

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA83A

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

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