#BBAC3B#BBAC3B

#BBAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC3B
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -7.70, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 58.01, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0266 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0370, 40.3872, 10.0341)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC3B #3B4ABB

analogous

#BB6C3B #BBAC3B #8ABB3B

triadic

#BBAC3B #3BBBAC #AC3BBB

tetradic

#BBAC3B #3BBB6C #3B4ABB #BB3B8A

square

#BBAC3B #3BBB6C #3B4ABB #BB3B8A

split-complementary

#BBAC3B #3B8ABB #6C3BBB

monochromatic

#5E561E #8C812C #BBAC3B #CEC265 #DDD493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BBAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC3B

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC3B	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c477',
    500: '#bbac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac3b;
$custom-light: #d3c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73655,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC3B

secondary

#8A91C8

accent

#5DDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC3B

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

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