#BBA93C#BBA93C

#BBA93C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA93C
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -6.07, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 56.60, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0218 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4987, 39.2686, 9.9838)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA93C #3C4EBB

analogous

#BB693C #BBA93C #8DBB3C

triadic

#BBA93C #3CBBA9 #A93CBB

tetradic

#BBA93C #3CBB69 #3C4EBB #BB3C8D

square

#BBA93C #3CBB69 #3C4EBB #BB3C8D

split-complementary

#BBA93C #3C8DBB #693CBB

monochromatic

#5E551E #8D7F2D #BBA93C #CEBF66 #DDD395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BBA93C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BBA93C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA93C

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA93C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA93C	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)

#B9A42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba93c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c278',
    500: '#bba93c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba93c;
$custom-light: #d3c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba93c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA93C

secondary

#8B93C8

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA93C

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

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