#BBA93E#BBA93E

#BBA93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA93E
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -5.95, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 55.77, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0213 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5525, 39.2901, 10.2676)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA93E #3E50BB

analogous

#BB6B3E #BBA93E #8FBB3E

triadic

#BBA93E #3EBBA9 #A93EBB

tetradic

#BBA93E #3EBB6B #3E50BB #BB3E8F

square

#BBA93E #3EBB6B #3E50BB #BB3E8F

split-complementary

#BBA93E #3E8FBB #6B3EBB

monochromatic

#5F5620 #8D7F2F #BBA93E #CDBF69 #DCD297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BBA93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BBA93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA93E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA93E	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)

#B9A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c279',
    500: '#bba93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba93e;
$custom-light: #d3c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA93E

secondary

#8D95C8

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA93E

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

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