#BBA44A#BBA44A

#BBA44A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA44A
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -2.52, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 48.83, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.01 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.113 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0065, 37.6118, 11.8931)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA44A #4A61BB

analogous

#BB6B4A #BBA44A #99BB4A

triadic

#BBA44A #4ABBA4 #A44ABB

tetradic

#BBA44A #4ABB6B #4A61BB #BB4A99

square

#BBA44A #4ABB6B #4A61BB #BB4A99

split-complementary

#BBA44A #4A99BB #6B4ABB

monochromatic

#655826 #917F37 #BBA44A #CCBA76 #DCD1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BBA44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA44A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA44A	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)

#B3A141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be80',
    500: '#bba44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba44a;
$custom-light: #d2be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA44A

secondary

#97A2C9

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA44A

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

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