#BBA243#BBA243

#BBA243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA243
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -1.92, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 51.37, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0091 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.117 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4286, 36.8125, 10.6012)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA243 #435CBB

analogous

#BB6643 #BBA243 #98BB43

triadic

#BBA243 #43BBA2 #A243BB

tetradic

#BBA243 #43BB66 #435CBB #BB4398

square

#BBA243 #43BB66 #435CBB #BB4398

split-complementary

#BBA243 #4398BB #6643BB

monochromatic

#615423 #8E7B33 #BBA243 #CCB870 #DCCF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BBA243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BBA243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA243

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA243	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)

#B29F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7b',
    500: '#bba243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba243;
$custom-light: #d3bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71609,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA243

secondary

#929DC8

accent

#6DD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA243

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

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