#BBA44D#BBA44D

#BBA44D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA44D
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -2.30, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 47.43, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.009 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.11 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1100, 37.6532, 12.4382)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA44D #4D64BB

analogous

#BB6D4D #BBA44D #9BBB4D

triadic

#BBA44D #4DBBA4 #A44DBB

tetradic

#BBA44D #4DBB6D #4D64BB #BB4D9B

square

#BBA44D #4DBB6D #4D64BB #BB4D9B

split-complementary

#BBA44D #4D9BBB #6D4DBB

monochromatic

#665927 #938038 #BBA44D #CCBB79 #DDD1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BBA44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA44D

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA44D	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be82',
    500: '#bba44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba44d;
$custom-light: #d2be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA44D

secondary

#9AA4CA

accent

#6ED453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA44D

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

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