#BBA950#BBA950

#BBA950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA950
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -4.73, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 47.74, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0156 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.112 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.1308, 39.5214, 13.3131)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA950 #5062BB

analogous

#BB7450 #BBA950 #97BB50

triadic

#BBA950 #50BBA9 #A950BB

tetradic

#BBA950 #50BB74 #5062BB #BB5097

square

#BBA950 #50BB74 #5062BB #BB5097

split-complementary

#BBA950 #5097BB #7450BB

monochromatic

#685D28 #94853A #BBA950 #CCBF7C #DDD4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BBA950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BBA950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA950

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA950	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c284',
    500: '#bba950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba950;
$custom-light: #d2c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.907,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73226,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.3952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA950

secondary

#9CA4CB

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA950

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

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