#BBA937#BBA937

#BBA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA937
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -6.34, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 58.60, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0231 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3727, 39.2182, 9.3203)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA937 #3749BB

analogous

#BB6737 #BBA937 #8BBB37

triadic

#BBA937 #37BBA9 #A937BB

tetradic

#BBA937 #37BB67 #3749BB #BB378B

square

#BBA937 #37BB67 #3749BB #BB378B

split-complementary

#BBA937 #378BBB #6737BB

monochromatic

#5C541B #8C7E29 #BBA937 #D0C15F #DED38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BBA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BBA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA937

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA937	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c275',
    500: '#bba937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba937;
$custom-light: #d3c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA937

secondary

#858EC9

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA937

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

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