#BBAC32#BBAC32

#BBAC32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC32
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -8.16, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 61.45, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0288 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.137 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8234, 40.3017, 8.9090)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC32 #3241BB

analogous

#BB6832 #BBAC32 #86BB32

triadic

#BBAC32 #32BBAC #AC32BB

tetradic

#BBAC32 #32BB68 #3241BB #BB3286

square

#BBAC32 #32BB68 #3241BB #BB3286

split-complementary

#BBAC32 #3286BB #6832BB

monochromatic

#5A5318 #8B8025 #BBAC32 #D2C558 #DFD688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAC32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BBAC32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC32

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC32	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)

#BCA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c473',
    500: '#bbac32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac32;
$custom-light: #d3c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73587,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC32

secondary

#8088C9

accent

#58E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC32

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

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