#BBA448#BBA448

#BBA448 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA448
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -2.66, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 49.75, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0106 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.115 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9402, 37.5853, 11.5439)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA448 #485FBB

analogous

#BB6A48 #BBA448 #98BB48

triadic

#BBA448 #48BBA4 #A448BB

tetradic

#BBA448 #48BB6A #485FBB #BB4898

square

#BBA448 #48BB6A #485FBB #BB4898

split-complementary

#BBA448 #4898BB #6A48BB

monochromatic

#645725 #907E36 #BBA448 #CCBA75 #DCD0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BBA448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BBA448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA448

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA448	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be7e',
    500: '#bba448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba448;
$custom-light: #d2be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA448

secondary

#96A0C9

accent

#6DD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA448

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

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