#BBA048#BBA048

#BBA048 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.112 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA048
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -0.51, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 48.50, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0044 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.112 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2356, 36.1761, 11.3090)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA048 #4863BB

analogous

#BB6648 #BBA048 #9CBB48

triadic

#BBA048 #48BBA0 #A048BB

tetradic

#BBA048 #48BB66 #4863BB #BB489C

square

#BBA048 #48BB66 #4863BB #BB489C

split-complementary

#BBA048 #489CBB #6648BB

monochromatic

#645525 #907B36 #BBA048 #CCB775 #DCCEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BBA048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BBA048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA048

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA048	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)

#B09E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.112 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb7e',
    500: '#bba048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba048;
$custom-light: #d2bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71243,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA048

secondary

#96A2C9

accent

#71D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA048

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

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