#BBA939#BBA939

#BBA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA939
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -6.23, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 57.81, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0226 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(35.4216, 39.2378, 9.5780)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA939 #394BBB

analogous

#BB6839 #BBA939 #8CBB39

triadic

#BBA939 #39BBA9 #A939BB

tetradic

#BBA939 #39BB68 #394BBB #BB398C

square

#BBA939 #39BB68 #394BBB #BB398C

split-complementary

#BBA939 #398CBB #6839BB

monochromatic

#5D541C #8C7F2B #BBA939 #CFC062 #DDD391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BBA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BBA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA939

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA939	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c276',
    500: '#bba939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba939;
$custom-light: #d3c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.39236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA939

secondary

#8790C8

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA939

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

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