#BBA935#BBA935

#BBA935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA935
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -6.44, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 59.37, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0236 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3257, 39.1994, 9.0730)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA935 #3547BB

analogous

#BB6635 #BBA935 #8ABB35

triadic

#BBA935 #35BBA9 #A935BB

tetradic

#BBA935 #35BB66 #3547BB #BB358A

square

#BBA935 #35BB66 #3547BB #BB358A

split-complementary

#BBA935 #358ABB #6635BB

monochromatic

#5C531A #8B7E27 #BBA935 #D1C15C #DED38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BBA935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BBA935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA935

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA935	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c274',
    500: '#bba935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba935;
$custom-light: #d3c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72967,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA935

secondary

#838CC9

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA935

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

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