#BBA45F#BBA45F

#BBA45F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.093 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA45F
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 95)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -0.77, 38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 38.69, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0025 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.093 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8357, 37.9435, 16.2605)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA45F #5F76BB

analogous

#BB765F #BBA45F #A4BB5F

triadic

#BBA45F #5FBBA4 #A45FBB

tetradic

#BBA45F #5FBB76 #5F76BB #BB5FA4

square

#BBA45F #5FBB76 #5F76BB #BB5FA4

split-complementary

#BBA45F #5FA4BB #765FBB

monochromatic

#706030 #9B8542 #BBA45F #CDBC8A #E0D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BBA45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BBA45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA45F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA45F	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.093 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be8e',
    500: '#bba45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba45f;
$custom-light: #d1be8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA45F

secondary

#A8B1CE

accent

#76D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA45F

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

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