#BBA83C#BBA83C

#BBA83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA83C
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -5.54, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 56.27, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0203 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3133, 38.8979, 9.9221)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA83C #3C4FBB

analogous

#BB683C #BBA83C #8EBB3C

triadic

#BBA83C #3CBBA8 #A83CBB

tetradic

#BBA83C #3CBB68 #3C4FBB #BB3C8E

square

#BBA83C #3CBB68 #3C4FBB #BB3C8E

split-complementary

#BBA83C #3C8EBB #683CBB

monochromatic

#5E551E #8D7E2D #BBA83C #CEBE66 #DDD295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BBA83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BBA83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA83C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA83C	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)

#B8A42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c178',
    500: '#bba83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba83c;
$custom-light: #d3c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7281,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA83C

secondary

#8B94C8

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA83C

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

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