#BBA151#BBA151

#BBA151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA151
RGB	rgb(187, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -0.38, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 44.58, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0029 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.104 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7250, 36.6503, 13.0281)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA151 #516BBB

analogous

#BB6C51 #BBA151 #A0BB51

triadic

#BBA151 #51BBA1 #A151BB

tetradic

#BBA151 #51BB6C #516BBB #BB51A0

square

#BBA151 #51BB6C #516BBB #BB51A0

split-complementary

#BBA151 #51A0BB #6C51BB

monochromatic

#695929 #957E3A #BBA151 #CCB97D #DDD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BBA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BBA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA151

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA151	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc84',
    500: '#bba151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba151;
$custom-light: #d2bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA151

secondary

#9DA8CB

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA151

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

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