#BBA240#BBA240

#BBA240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.120 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA240
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -2.11, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 52.68, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.01 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.12 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3409, 36.7774, 10.1394)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA240 #4059BB

analogous

#BB6540 #BBA240 #97BB40

triadic

#BBA240 #40BBA2 #A240BB

tetradic

#BBA240 #40BB65 #4059BB #BB4097

square

#BBA240 #40BB65 #4059BB #BB4097

split-complementary

#BBA240 #4097BB #6540BB

monochromatic

#605321 #8D7B30 #BBA240 #CDB96C #DCCF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BBA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BBA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA240

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA240	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.120 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd79',
    500: '#bba240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba240;
$custom-light: #d3bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA240

secondary

#8F9AC8

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA240

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

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