#BBA449#BBA449

#BBA449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA449
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -2.59, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 49.29, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0103 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.114 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9731, 37.5984, 11.7171)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA449 #4960BB

analogous

#BB6B49 #BBA449 #99BB49

triadic

#BBA449 #49BBA4 #A449BB

tetradic

#BBA449 #49BB6B #4960BB #BB4999

square

#BBA449 #49BB6B #4960BB #BB4999

split-complementary

#BBA449 #4999BB #6B49BB

monochromatic

#645825 #917E36 #BBA449 #CCBA76 #DCD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BBA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA449

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA449	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#B3A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be7f',
    500: '#bba449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba449;
$custom-light: #d2be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72092,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA449

secondary

#97A1C9

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA449

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

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