#BBA95E#BBA95E

#BBA95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.098 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA95E
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -3.53, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 40.95, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0106 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.098 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7030, 39.7503, 16.3268)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA95E #5E70BB

analogous

#BB7A5E #BBA95E #9EBB5E

triadic

#BBA95E #5EBBA9 #A95EBB

tetradic

#BBA95E #5EBB7A #5E70BB #BB5E9E

square

#BBA95E #5EBB7A #5E70BB #BB5E9E

split-complementary

#BBA95E #5E9EBB #7A5EBB

monochromatic

#70632F #9B8941 #BBA95E #CDC089 #DFD7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBA95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BBA95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA95E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA95E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.098 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c28d',
    500: '#bba95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba95e;
$custom-light: #d1c28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73408,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA95E

secondary

#A7AECE

accent

#6FD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA95E

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

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