#BBA140#BBA140

#BBA140 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA140
RGB	rgb(187, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -1.58, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 52.38, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0085 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.119 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1654, 36.4265, 10.0809)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA140 #405ABB

analogous

#BB6440 #BBA140 #98BB40

triadic

#BBA140 #40BBA1 #A140BB

tetradic

#BBA140 #40BB64 #405ABB #BB4098

square

#BBA140 #40BB64 #405ABB #BB4098

split-complementary

#BBA140 #4098BB #6440BB

monochromatic

#605221 #8D7A30 #BBA140 #CDB86C #DCCE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BBA140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BBA140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA140

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA140	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc79',
    500: '#bba140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba140;
$custom-light: #d3bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7137,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA140

secondary

#8F9BC8

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA140

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

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