#BBA342#BBA342

#BBA342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA342
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -2.52, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 52.12, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.011 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.119 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5757, 37.1543, 10.5035)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA342 #425ABB

analogous

#BB6742 #BBA342 #97BB42

triadic

#BBA342 #42BBA3 #A342BB

tetradic

#BBA342 #42BB67 #425ABB #BB4297

square

#BBA342 #42BB67 #425ABB #BB4297

split-complementary

#BBA342 #4297BB #6742BB

monochromatic

#615422 #8E7C32 #BBA342 #CCB96E #DCCF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BBA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BBA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA342

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA342	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7b',
    500: '#bba342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba342;
$custom-light: #d3bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71809,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA342

secondary

#919CC8

accent

#6BD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA342

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

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