#BBA44F#BBA44F

#BBA44F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA44F
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 57.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -2.14, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 46.49, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0083 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.109 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1817, 37.6819, 12.8158)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA44F #4F66BB

analogous

#BB6E4F #BBA44F #9CBB4F

triadic

#BBA44F #4FBBA4 #A44FBB

tetradic

#BBA44F #4FBB6E #4F66BB #BB4F9C

square

#BBA44F #4FBB6E #4F66BB #BB4F9C

split-complementary

#BBA44F #4F9CBB #6E4FBB

monochromatic

#685A28 #948039 #BBA44F #CCBB7B #DDD2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BBA44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BBA44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA44F

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA44F	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be83',
    500: '#bba44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba44f;
$custom-light: #d2be83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.222,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA44F

secondary

#9BA5CA

accent

#6FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA44F

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

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