#BBA545#BBA545

#BBA545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA545
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -3.39, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 51.42, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0131 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.118 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0244, 37.9064, 11.1009)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA545 #455BBB

analogous

#BB6A45 #BBA545 #96BB45

triadic

#BBA545 #45BBA5 #A545BB

tetradic

#BBA545 #45BB6A #455BBB #BB4596

square

#BBA545 #45BB6A #455BBB #BB4596

split-complementary

#BBA545 #4596BB #6A45BB

monochromatic

#625624 #8F7E34 #BBA545 #CBBB72 #DCD09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BBA545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BBA545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA545

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA545	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf7d',
    500: '#bba545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba545;
$custom-light: #d2bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA545

secondary

#949DC8

accent

#6AD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA545

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

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