#BBA549#BBA549

#BBA549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA549
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -3.12, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 49.62, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0118 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1527, 37.9578, 11.7770)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA549 #495FBB

analogous

#BB6C49 #BBA549 #98BB49

triadic

#BBA549 #49BBA5 #A549BB

tetradic

#BBA549 #49BB6C #495FBB #BB4998

square

#BBA549 #49BB6C #495FBB #BB4998

split-complementary

#BBA549 #4998BB #6C49BB

monochromatic

#645825 #917F36 #BBA549 #CCBB76 #DCD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BBA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BBA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA549

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA549	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B4A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf7f',
    500: '#bba549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba549;
$custom-light: #d2bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA549

secondary

#97A0C9

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA549

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

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