#BBA040#BBA040

#BBA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.118 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA040
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -1.04, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 52.09, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.007 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.118 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9914, 36.0784, 10.0229)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA040 #405BBB

analogous

#BB6340 #BBA040 #99BB40

triadic

#BBA040 #40BBA0 #A040BB

tetradic

#BBA040 #40BB63 #405BBB #BB4099

square

#BBA040 #40BB63 #405BBB #BB4099

split-complementary

#BBA040 #4099BB #6340BB

monochromatic

#605221 #8D7930 #BBA040 #CDB76C #DCCD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BBA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BBA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA040

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA040	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.118 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb79',
    500: '#bba040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba040;
$custom-light: #d3bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71161,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA040

secondary

#8F9BC8

accent

#6DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA040

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

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