#BBAC37#BBAC37

#BBAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC37
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -7.91, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 59.58, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0276 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.134 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9372, 40.3472, 9.5085)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC37 #3746BB

analogous

#BB6A37 #BBAC37 #88BB37

triadic

#BBAC37 #37BBAC #AC37BB

tetradic

#BBAC37 #37BB6A #3746BB #BB3788

square

#BBAC37 #37BB6A #3746BB #BB3788

split-complementary

#BBAC37 #3788BB #6A37BB

monochromatic

#5C551B #8C8129 #BBAC37 #D0C35F #DED58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BBAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC37

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC37	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c475',
    500: '#bbac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac37;
$custom-light: #d3c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73623,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC37

secondary

#858DC9

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC37

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

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