#BBA648#BBA648

#BBA648 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.116 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA648
RGB	rgb(187, 166, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -3.72, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 50.40, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0137 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.116 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3009, 38.3067, 11.6641)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA648 #485DBB

analogous

#BB6C48 #BBA648 #97BB48

triadic

#BBA648 #48BBA6 #A648BB

tetradic

#BBA648 #48BB6C #485DBB #BB4897

square

#BBA648 #48BB6C #485DBB #BB4897

split-complementary

#BBA648 #4897BB #6C48BB

monochromatic

#645825 #908036 #BBA648 #CCBC75 #DCD1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BBA648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BBA648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA648

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA648	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 166, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.116 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c07f',
    500: '#bba648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba648;
$custom-light: #d2c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72502,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA648

secondary

#969FC9

accent

#6AD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA648

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

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