#BBAC38#BBAC38

#BBAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC38
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -7.86, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 59.20, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0274 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9614, 40.3569, 9.6360)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC38 #3847BB

analogous

#BB6B38 #BBAC38 #88BB38

triadic

#BBAC38 #38BBAC #AC38BB

tetradic

#BBAC38 #38BB6B #3847BB #BB3888

square

#BBAC38 #38BB6B #3847BB #BB3888

split-complementary

#BBAC38 #3888BB #6B38BB

monochromatic

#5D551C #8C812A #BBAC38 #D0C361 #DED590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BBAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC38

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC38	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c476',
    500: '#bbac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac38;
$custom-light: #d3c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73631,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC38

secondary

#868EC8

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC38

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

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