#BBA93D#BBA93D

#BBA93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA93D
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -6.01, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 56.19, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0215 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5254, 39.2793, 10.1244)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA93D #3D4FBB

analogous

#BB6A3D #BBA93D #8EBB3D

triadic

#BBA93D #3DBBA9 #A93DBB

tetradic

#BBA93D #3DBB6A #3D4FBB #BB3D8E

square

#BBA93D #3DBB6A #3D4FBB #BB3D8E

split-complementary

#BBA93D #3D8EBB #6A3DBB

monochromatic

#5F561F #8D7F2E #BBA93D #CEBF68 #DDD396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BBA93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BBA93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA93D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA93D	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c278',
    500: '#bba93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba93d;
$custom-light: #d3c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73031,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA93D

secondary

#8C94C8

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA93D

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

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