#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
RGBrgb(187, 170, 73)
HSLhsl(51, 46%, 51%)
HSVhsv(51, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.1%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.32, -5.77, 51.00)
CIE-LCHlch(69.32, 51.33, 96.46°)
OKLaboklab(73.36% -0.0195 0.1172)
OKLCHoklch(73.36% 0.119 99.4)
XYZxyz(36.0723, 39.7968, 12.0835)
Luminance0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BBAA491.002.348.968.96
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9621.001.001.00
##0000008.9621.001.001.00

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

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#BBAA49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva