#BBAC39#BBAC39

#BBAC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC39
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -7.81, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 58.80, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0271 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9861, 40.3668, 9.7661)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC39 #3948BB

analogous

#BB6B39 #BBAC39 #89BB39

triadic

#BBAC39 #39BBAC #AC39BB

tetradic

#BBAC39 #39BB6B #3948BB #BB3989

square

#BBAC39 #39BB6B #3948BB #BB3989

split-complementary

#BBAC39 #3989BB #6B39BB

monochromatic

#5D561C #8C812B #BBAC39 #CFC362 #DDD591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BBAC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC39

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC39	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c476',
    500: '#bbac39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac39;
$custom-light: #d3c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73639,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC39

secondary

#878FC8

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC39

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

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