#BBA261#BBA261

#BBA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.089 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA261
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 0.50, 37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 37.03, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0014 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.089 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5727, 37.2701, 16.6270)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA261 #617ABB

analogous

#BB7561 #BBA261 #A7BB61

triadic

#BBA261 #61BBA2 #A261BB

tetradic

#BBA261 #61BB75 #617ABB #BB61A7

square

#BBA261 #61BB75 #617ABB #BB61A7

split-complementary

#BBA261 #61A7BB #7561BB

monochromatic

#715F31 #9C8343 #BBA261 #CDBB8C #E0D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BBA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BBA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA261

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA261	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.089 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd8f',
    500: '#bba261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba261;
$custom-light: #d1bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA261

secondary

#A9B4CF

accent

#79D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA261

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

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