#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
RGBrgb(187, 164, 66)
HSLhsl(49, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(49, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.66, -3.06, 52.34)
CIE-LCHlch(67.66, 52.43, 93.34°)
OKLaboklab(72.02% -0.0125 0.1191)
OKLCHoklch(72.02% 0.12 96)
XYZxyz(34.7539, 37.5108, 10.5629)
Luminance0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BBA4421.002.478.508.50
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5021.001.001.00
##0000008.5021.001.001.00

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

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#BBA442 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva