#BBA936#BBA936

#BBA936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA936
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -6.39, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 58.98, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0234 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3490, 39.2087, 9.1954)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA936 #3648BB

analogous

#BB6736 #BBA936 #8ABB36

triadic

#BBA936 #36BBA9 #A936BB

tetradic

#BBA936 #36BB67 #3648BB #BB368A

square

#BBA936 #36BB67 #3648BB #BB368A

split-complementary

#BBA936 #368ABB #6736BB

monochromatic

#5C531B #8C7E28 #BBA936 #D0C15E #DED38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BBA936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BBA936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA936

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA936	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)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c274',
    500: '#bba936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba936;
$custom-light: #d3c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72975,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA936

secondary

#848DC9

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA936

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

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