#BBA960#BBA960

#BBA960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.096 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA960
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -3.34, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 39.96, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0098 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.096 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7939, 39.7867, 16.8055)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA960 #6072BB

analogous

#BB7B60 #BBA960 #9FBB60

triadic

#BBA960 #60BBA9 #A960BB

tetradic

#BBA960 #60BB7B #6072BB #BB609F

square

#BBA960 #60BB7B #6072BB #BB609F

split-complementary

#BBA960 #609FBB #7B60BB

monochromatic

#706430 #9B8A42 #BBA960 #CDC08B #E0D7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BBA960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BBA960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA960

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA960	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.096 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c28e',
    500: '#bba960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba960;
$custom-light: #d1c28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.132,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA960

secondary

#A8B0CE

accent

#70D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA960

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

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