#BBA93B#BBA93B

#BBA93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA93B
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -6.12, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 57.00, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0221 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4725, 39.2581, 9.8459)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA93B #3B4DBB

analogous

#BB693B #BBA93B #8DBB3B

triadic

#BBA93B #3BBBA9 #A93BBB

tetradic

#BBA93B #3BBB69 #3B4DBB #BB3B8D

square

#BBA93B #3BBB69 #3B4DBB #BB3B8D

split-complementary

#BBA93B #3B8DBB #693BBB

monochromatic

#5E551E #8C7F2C #BBA93B #CEC065 #DDD393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BBA93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BBA93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA93B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA93B	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)

#B9A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c277',
    500: '#bba93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba93b;
$custom-light: #d3c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA93B

secondary

#8A92C8

accent

#60DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA93B

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

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