#BBA932#BBA932

#BBA932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BBA932
RGBrgb(187, 169, 50)
HSLhsl(52, 58%, 46%)
HSVhsv(52, 73%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.6%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.88, -6.58, 60.13)
CIE-LCHlch(68.88, 60.49, 96.25°)
OKLaboklab(72.95% -0.0244 0.1328)
OKLCHoklch(72.95% 0.135 100.4)
XYZxyz(35.2589, 39.1727, 8.7209)
Luminance0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BBA932 #3244BB
analogous
#BB6532 #BBA932 #89BB32
triadic
#BBA932 #32BBA9 #A932BB
tetradic
#BBA932 #32BB65 #3244BB #BB3289
square
#BBA932 #32BB65 #3244BB #BB3289
split-complementary
#BBA932 #3289BB #6532BB
monochromatic
#5A5218 #8B7D25 #BBA932 #D2C258 #DFD488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#BBA932 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83
#BBA932 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA932
8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BBA932#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BBA9321.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A41D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAB3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA9D92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bba932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 100.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c272',
    500: '#bba932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bba932;
$custom-light: #d3c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bba932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BBA932
secondary
#8089C9
accent
#5BE147
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF7ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151208
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

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#BBA932 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva