#BBAC3A#BBAC3A

#BBAC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC3A
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -7.76, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 58.41, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0268 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0113, 40.3769, 9.8988)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC3A #3A49BB

analogous

#BB6B3A #BBAC3A #89BB3A

triadic

#BBAC3A #3ABBAC #AC3ABB

tetradic

#BBAC3A #3ABB6B #3A49BB #BB3A89

square

#BBAC3A #3ABB6B #3A49BB #BB3A89

split-complementary

#BBAC3A #3A89BB #6B3ABB

monochromatic

#5E561D #8C812C #BBAC3A #CFC263 #DDD592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BBAC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC3A

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC3A	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)

#BCA72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c477',
    500: '#bbac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac3a;
$custom-light: #d3c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73647,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC3A

secondary

#8890C8

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC3A

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

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