#BBA951#BBA951

#BBA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA951
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -4.65, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 47.27, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0153 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.111 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1680, 39.5363, 13.5091)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA951 #5163BB

analogous

#BB7451 #BBA951 #98BB51

triadic

#BBA951 #51BBA9 #A951BB

tetradic

#BBA951 #51BB74 #5163BB #BB5198

square

#BBA951 #51BB74 #5163BB #BB5198

split-complementary

#BBA951 #5198BB #7451BB

monochromatic

#695E29 #95853A #BBA951 #CCBF7D #DDD4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BBA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BBA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA951

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA951	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c285',
    500: '#bba951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba951;
$custom-light: #d2c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73237,
    "c": 0.1108,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA951

secondary

#9DA5CB

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA951

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

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