#BBA047#BBA047

#BBA047 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA047
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -0.58, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 48.96, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0048 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.113 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2032, 36.1631, 11.1386)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA047 #4762BB

analogous

#BB6647 #BBA047 #9CBB47

triadic

#BBA047 #47BBA0 #A047BB

tetradic

#BBA047 #47BB66 #4762BB #BB479C

square

#BBA047 #47BB66 #4762BB #BB479C

split-complementary

#BBA047 #479CBB #6647BB

monochromatic

#635425 #907B35 #BBA047 #CCB774 #DCCEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BBA047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BBA047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA047

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA047	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb7e',
    500: '#bba047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba047;
$custom-light: #d2bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71232,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA047

secondary

#95A1C9

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA047

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

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