#BBA459#BBA459

#BBA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.099 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA459
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -1.32, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 41.66, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0047 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.099 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5734, 37.8386, 14.8790)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA459 #5970BB

analogous

#BB7359 #BBA459 #A1BB59

triadic

#BBA459 #59BBA4 #A459BB

tetradic

#BBA459 #59BB73 #5970BB #BB59A1

square

#BBA459 #59BB73 #5970BB #BB59A1

split-complementary

#BBA459 #59A1BB #7359BB

monochromatic

#6D5E2D #98833E #BBA459 #CDBC84 #DFD4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BBA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BBA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA459

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA459	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.099 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8a',
    500: '#bba459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba459;
$custom-light: #d2be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.918,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7229,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA459

secondary

#A3ADCD

accent

#73D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA459

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

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