#BBA757#BBA757

#BBA757 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA757
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -3.09, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 43.67, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0101 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.103 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0338, 38.8919, 14.6238)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA757 #576BBB

analogous

#BB7557 #BBA757 #9DBB57

triadic

#BBA757 #57BBA7 #A757BB

tetradic

#BBA757 #57BB75 #576BBB #BB579D

square

#BBA757 #57BB75 #576BBB #BB579D

split-complementary

#BBA757 #579DBB #7557BB

monochromatic

#6C5F2C #97853D #BBA757 #CDBE83 #DED5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BBA757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BBA757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA757

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA757	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c088',
    500: '#bba757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba757;
$custom-light: #d2c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72891,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA757

secondary

#A2AACC

accent

#6FD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA757

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

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