#BBA550#BBA550

#BBA550 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA550
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -2.60, 46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 46.35, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0095 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.108 95)
XYZ	xyz(35.3980, 38.0559, 13.0688)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA550 #5066BB

analogous

#BB7050 #BBA550 #9BBB50

triadic

#BBA550 #50BBA5 #A550BB

tetradic

#BBA550 #50BB70 #5066BB #BB509B

square

#BBA550 #50BB70 #5066BB #BB509B

split-complementary

#BBA550 #509BBB #7050BB

monochromatic

#685B28 #94823A #BBA550 #CCBC7C #DDD2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BBA550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BBA550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA550

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA550	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf84',
    500: '#bba550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba550;
$custom-light: #d2bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72382,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.38054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA550

secondary

#9CA6CB

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA550

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

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