#BBA249#BBA249

#BBA249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA249
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -1.52, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 48.65, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0072 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.112 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6180, 36.8882, 11.5987)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA249 #4962BB

analogous

#BB6949 #BBA249 #9BBB49

triadic

#BBA249 #49BBA2 #A249BB

tetradic

#BBA249 #49BB69 #4962BB #BB499B

square

#BBA249 #49BB69 #4962BB #BB499B

split-complementary

#BBA249 #499BBB #6949BB

monochromatic

#645625 #917D36 #BBA249 #CCB976 #DCD0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BBA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BBA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA249

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA249	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd7f',
    500: '#bba249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba249;
$custom-light: #d2bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.842,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71672,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA249

secondary

#97A2C9

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA249

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

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