#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
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -6.58, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 60.49, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0244 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2589, 39.1727, 8.7209)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BBA932	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BBA932

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

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