#BBA562#BBA562

#BBA562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.090 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA562
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -1.01, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 37.53, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0029 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.09 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1544, 38.3584, 17.0524)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA562 #6278BB

analogous

#BB7862 #BBA562 #A4BB62

triadic

#BBA562 #62BBA5 #A562BB

tetradic

#BBA562 #62BB78 #6278BB #BB62A4

square

#BBA562 #62BB78 #6278BB #BB62A4

split-complementary

#BBA562 #62A4BB #7862BB

monochromatic

#716231 #9C8644 #BBA562 #CDBD8D #E0D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BBA562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BBA562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA562

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA562	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.090 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf90',
    500: '#bba562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba562;
$custom-light: #d1bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.169,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7263,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA562

secondary

#AAB3CF

accent

#76CF58

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA562

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

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