#BBA751#BBA751

#BBA751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA751
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -3.59, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 46.56, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0122 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.109 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7988, 38.7979, 13.3861)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA751 #5165BB

analogous

#BB7251 #BBA751 #9ABB51

triadic

#BBA751 #51BBA7 #A751BB

tetradic

#BBA751 #51BB72 #5165BB #BB519A

square

#BBA751 #51BB72 #5165BB #BB519A

split-complementary

#BBA751 #519ABB #7251BB

monochromatic

#695D29 #95843A #BBA751 #CCBD7D #DDD4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BBA751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BBA751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA751

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA751	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c084',
    500: '#bba751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba751;
$custom-light: #d2c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72815,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA751

secondary

#9DA6CB

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA751

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

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