#BBA149#BBA149

#BBA149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA149
RGB	rgb(187, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -0.98, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 48.34, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0057 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.112 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4425, 36.5373, 11.5403)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA149 #4963BB

analogous

#BB6849 #BBA149 #9CBB49

triadic

#BBA149 #49BBA1 #A149BB

tetradic

#BBA149 #49BB68 #4963BB #BB499C

square

#BBA149 #49BB68 #4963BB #BB499C

split-complementary

#BBA149 #499CBB #6849BB

monochromatic

#645625 #917C36 #BBA149 #CCB876 #DCCFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BBA149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BBA149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA149

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA149	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc7f',
    500: '#bba149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba149;
$custom-light: #d2bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71463,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA149

secondary

#97A2C9

accent

#70D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA149

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

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