#BBA970#BBA970

#BBA970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.078 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA970
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -1.68, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 31.83, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0035 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.078 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6070, 40.1119, 21.0875)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA970 #7082BB

analogous

#BB8370 #BBA970 #A7BB70

triadic

#BBA970 #70BBA9 #A970BB

tetradic

#BBA970 #70BB83 #7082BB #BB70A7

square

#BBA970 #70BB83 #7082BB #BB70A7

split-complementary

#BBA970 #70A7BB #8370BB

monochromatic

#786939 #A18D4D #BBA970 #CFC299 #E2DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BBA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA970

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA970	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.078 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c29a',
    500: '#bba970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba970;
$custom-light: #d1c29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73696,
    "c": 0.0782,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA970

secondary

#B5BCD2

accent

#77CC5C

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA970

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

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