#BBA356#BBA356

#BBA356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA356
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -1.04, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 42.80, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0043 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.101 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2718, 37.4327, 14.1696)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA356 #566EBB

analogous

#BB7056 #BBA356 #A0BB56

triadic

#BBA356 #56BBA3 #A356BB

tetradic

#BBA356 #56BB70 #566EBB #BB56A0

square

#BBA356 #56BB70 #566EBB #BB56A0

split-complementary

#BBA356 #56A0BB #7056BB

monochromatic

#6B5C2B #97823D #BBA356 #CDBB82 #DED3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BBA356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BBA356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA356

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA356	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be88',
    500: '#bba356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba356;
$custom-light: #d2be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7204,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA356

secondary

#A1ABCC

accent

#73D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA356

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

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