#BBA44B#BBA44B

#BBA44B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA44B
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -2.44, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 48.37, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0096 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.112 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0405, 37.6254, 12.0720)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA44B #4B62BB

analogous

#BB6C4B #BBA44B #9ABB4B

triadic

#BBA44B #4BBBA4 #A44BBB

tetradic

#BBA44B #4BBB6C #4B62BB #BB4B9A

square

#BBA44B #4BBB6C #4B62BB #BB4B9A

split-complementary

#BBA44B #4B9ABB #6C4BBB

monochromatic

#655826 #927F37 #BBA44B #CCBA77 #DDD1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BBA44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA44B

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA44B	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)

#B3A142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be80',
    500: '#bba44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba44b;
$custom-light: #d2be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72114,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA44B

secondary

#98A2CA

accent

#6ED553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA44B

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

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