#BBA442#BBA442

#BBA442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA442
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -3.06, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 52.43, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0125 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.12 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.7539, 37.5108, 10.5629)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA442 #4259BB

analogous

#BB6842 #BBA442 #96BB42

triadic

#BBA442 #42BBA4 #A442BB

tetradic

#BBA442 #42BB68 #4259BB #BB4296

square

#BBA442 #42BB68 #4259BB #BB4296

split-complementary

#BBA442 #4296BB #6842BB

monochromatic

#615522 #8E7C32 #BBA442 #CCBA6E #DCD09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BBA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BBA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA442

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA442	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be7b',
    500: '#bba442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba442;
$custom-light: #d3be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.37509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA442

secondary

#919BC8

accent

#6AD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA442

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

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