#BBAA49#BBAA49

#BBAA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA49
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -5.77, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 51.33, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0195 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0723, 39.7968, 12.0835)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA49 #495ABB

analogous

#BB7149 #BBAA49 #93BB49

triadic

#BBAA49 #49BBAA #AA49BB

tetradic

#BBAA49 #49BB71 #495ABB #BB4993

square

#BBAA49 #49BB71 #495ABB #BB4993

split-complementary

#BBAA49 #4993BB #7149BB

monochromatic

#645B25 #918336 #BBAA49 #CCBF76 #DCD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BBAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BBAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA49

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA49	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)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c380',
    500: '#bbaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa49;
$custom-light: #d2c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA49

secondary

#979EC9

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA49

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

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