#BBA044#BBA044

#BBA044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.115 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA044
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -0.79, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 50.31, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0057 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.115 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1093, 36.1256, 10.6440)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA044 #445FBB

analogous

#BB6544 #BBA044 #9ABB44

triadic

#BBA044 #44BBA0 #A044BB

tetradic

#BBA044 #44BB65 #445FBB #BB449A

square

#BBA044 #44BB65 #445FBB #BB449A

split-complementary

#BBA044 #449ABB #6544BB

monochromatic

#615323 #8E7A34 #BBA044 #CBB771 #DCCE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BBA044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BBA044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA044

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA044	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B09D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.115 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7c',
    500: '#bba044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba044;
$custom-light: #d3bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71201,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA044

secondary

#939FC8

accent

#70D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA044

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

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