#BBAC3D#BBAC3D

#BBAC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC3D
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -7.59, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 57.20, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.026 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0899, 40.4083, 10.3125)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC3D #3D4CBB

analogous

#BB6D3D #BBAC3D #8BBB3D

triadic

#BBAC3D #3DBBAC #AC3DBB

tetradic

#BBAC3D #3DBB6D #3D4CBB #BB3D8B

square

#BBAC3D #3DBB6D #3D4CBB #BB3D8B

split-complementary

#BBAC3D #3D8BBB #6D3DBB

monochromatic

#5F571F #8D822E #BBAC3D #CEC168 #DDD496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BBAC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC3D

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC3D	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)

#BCA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c478',
    500: '#bbac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac3d;
$custom-light: #d3c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73671,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC3D

secondary

#8C93C8

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC3D

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

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