#BBA255#BBA255

#BBA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA255
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -0.59, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 42.96, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0031 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.101 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0549, 37.0630, 13.9000)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA255 #556EBB

analogous

#BB6F55 #BBA255 #A1BB55

triadic

#BBA255 #55BBA2 #A255BB

tetradic

#BBA255 #55BB6F #556EBB #BB55A1

square

#BBA255 #55BB6F #556EBB #BB55A1

split-complementary

#BBA255 #55A1BB #6F55BB

monochromatic

#6B5B2B #97803C #BBA255 #CCBA81 #DED2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BBA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BBA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA255

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA255	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd87',
    500: '#bba255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba255;
$custom-light: #d2bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA255

secondary

#A0ABCC

accent

#74D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA255

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

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