#BBA855#BBA855

#BBA855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA855
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -3.79, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 45.00, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0123 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.106 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1371, 39.2275, 14.2607)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA855 #5568BB

analogous

#BB7555 #BBA855 #9BBB55

triadic

#BBA855 #55BBA8 #A855BB

tetradic

#BBA855 #55BB75 #5568BB #BB559B

square

#BBA855 #55BB75 #5568BB #BB559B

split-complementary

#BBA855 #559BBB #7555BB

monochromatic

#6B5F2B #97863C #BBA855 #CCBE81 #DED5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BBA855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BBA855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA855

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA855	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c187',
    500: '#bba855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba855;
$custom-light: #d2c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73076,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA855

secondary

#A0A8CC

accent

#6DD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA855

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

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