#BBA552#BBA552

#BBA552 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA552
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -2.44, 45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 45.40, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0088 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.107 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4730, 38.0859, 13.4638)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA552 #5268BB

analogous

#BB7152 #BBA552 #9CBB52

triadic

#BBA552 #52BBA5 #A552BB

tetradic

#BBA552 #52BB71 #5268BB #BB529C

square

#BBA552 #52BB71 #5268BB #BB529C

split-complementary

#BBA552 #529CBB #7152BB

monochromatic

#695C29 #95823B #BBA552 #CCBC7E #DED3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BBA552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BBA552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA552

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA552	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf85',
    500: '#bba552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba552;
$custom-light: #d2bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72407,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA552

secondary

#9EA7CB

accent

#6FD354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA552

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

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