#BBA548#BBA548

#BBA548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA548
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -3.19, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 50.07, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0122 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.116 96)
XYZ	xyz(35.1198, 37.9446, 11.6038)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA548 #485EBB

analogous

#BB6B48 #BBA548 #97BB48

triadic

#BBA548 #48BBA5 #A548BB

tetradic

#BBA548 #48BB6B #485EBB #BB4897

square

#BBA548 #48BB6B #485EBB #BB4897

split-complementary

#BBA548 #4897BB #6B48BB

monochromatic

#645825 #907F36 #BBA548 #CCBB75 #DCD1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BBA548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BBA548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA548

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA548	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)

#B4A23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf7f',
    500: '#bba548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba548;
$custom-light: #d2bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72291,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.37943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA548

secondary

#96A0C9

accent

#6BD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA548

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

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