#BBA142#BBA142

#BBA142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA142
RGB	rgb(187, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -1.45, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 51.50, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0079 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.118 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2234, 36.4497, 10.3861)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA142 #425CBB

analogous

#BB6442 #BBA142 #99BB42

triadic

#BBA142 #42BBA1 #A142BB

tetradic

#BBA142 #42BB64 #425CBB #BB4299

square

#BBA142 #42BB64 #425CBB #BB4299

split-complementary

#BBA142 #4299BB #6442BB

monochromatic

#615322 #8E7A32 #BBA142 #CCB86E #DCCE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BBA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BBA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA142

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA142	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc7b',
    500: '#bba142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba142;
$custom-light: #d3bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71389,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA142

secondary

#919DC8

accent

#6DD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA142

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

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