#BBA83B#BBA83B

#BBA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA83B
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -5.60, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 56.68, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0206 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2872, 38.8875, 9.7842)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA83B #3B4EBB

analogous

#BB683B #BBA83B #8EBB3B

triadic

#BBA83B #3BBBA8 #A83BBB

tetradic

#BBA83B #3BBB68 #3B4EBB #BB3B8E

square

#BBA83B #3BBB68 #3B4EBB #BB3B8E

split-complementary

#BBA83B #3B8EBB #683BBB

monochromatic

#5E541E #8C7E2C #BBA83B #CEBF65 #DDD293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BBA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BBA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA83B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA83B	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)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c177',
    500: '#bba83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba83b;
$custom-light: #d3c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA83B

secondary

#8A93C8

accent

#62DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA83B

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

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