#BBA96D#BBA96D

#BBA96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.082 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA96D
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -2.01, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 33.37, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0047 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.082 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4427, 40.0462, 20.2224)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA96D #6D7FBB

analogous

#BB826D #BBA96D #A6BB6D

triadic

#BBA96D #6DBBA9 #A96DBB

tetradic

#BBA96D #6DBB82 #6D7FBB #BB6DA6

square

#BBA96D #6DBB82 #6D7FBB #BB6DA6

split-complementary

#BBA96D #6DA6BB #826DBB

monochromatic

#766837 #A08C4B #BBA96D #CEC297 #E2DAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBA96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BBA96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA96D

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA96D	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.082 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c297',
    500: '#bba96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba96d;
$custom-light: #d1c297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73644,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA96D

secondary

#B2BAD1

accent

#75CC5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA96D

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

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