#BBAC34#BBAC34

#BBAC34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC34
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -8.06, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 60.72, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0283 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(35.8675, 40.3193, 9.1413)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC34 #3443BB

analogous

#BB6834 #BBAC34 #87BB34

triadic

#BBAC34 #34BBAC #AC34BB

tetradic

#BBAC34 #34BB68 #3443BB #BB3487

square

#BBAC34 #34BB68 #3443BB #BB3487

split-complementary

#BBAC34 #3487BB #6834BB

monochromatic

#5B5419 #8B8027 #BBAC34 #D1C45B #DFD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAC34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BBAC34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC34

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC34	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)

#BCA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c474',
    500: '#bbac34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac34;
$custom-light: #d3c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.40318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC34

secondary

#828AC9

accent

#59E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC34

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

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