#BBAC30#BBAC30

#BBAC30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.139 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC30
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -8.25, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 62.16, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0293 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.139 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7812, 40.2848, 8.6867)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC30 #303FBB

analogous

#BB6630 #BBAC30 #84BB30

triadic

#BBAC30 #30BBAC #AC30BB

tetradic

#BBAC30 #30BB66 #303FBB #BB3084

square

#BBAC30 #30BB66 #303FBB #BB3084

split-complementary

#BBAC30 #3084BB #6630BB

monochromatic

#5A5217 #8A7F23 #BBAC30 #D3C655 #E0D686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAC30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BBAC30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC30

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC30	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.139 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c472',
    500: '#bbac30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac30;
$custom-light: #d3c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73574,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC30

secondary

#7D86C9

accent

#56E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC30

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

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