#BBA656#BBA656

#BBA656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA656
RGB	rgb(187, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -2.64, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 43.81, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0089 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.103 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8108, 38.5107, 14.3493)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA656 #566BBB

analogous

#BB7356 #BBA656 #9DBB56

triadic

#BBA656 #56BBA6 #A656BB

tetradic

#BBA656 #56BB73 #566BBB #BB569D

square

#BBA656 #56BB73 #566BBB #BB569D

split-complementary

#BBA656 #569DBB #7356BB

monochromatic

#6B5E2B #97843D #BBA656 #CDBD82 #DED4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BBA656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BBA656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA656

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA656	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c088',
    500: '#bba656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba656;
$custom-light: #d2c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.525,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA656

secondary

#A1AACC

accent

#6FD255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA656

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

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