#BBAC3F#BBAC3F

#BBAC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC3F
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -7.47, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 56.38, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0255 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1448, 40.4303, 10.6016)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC3F #3F4EBB

analogous

#BB6E3F #BBAC3F #8CBB3F

triadic

#BBAC3F #3FBBAC #AC3FBB

tetradic

#BBAC3F #3FBB6E #3F4EBB #BB3F8C

square

#BBAC3F #3FBB6E #3F4EBB #BB3F8C

split-complementary

#BBAC3F #3F8CBB #6E3FBB

monochromatic

#5F5820 #8D8230 #BBAC3F #CDC16A #DCD498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BBAC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC3F

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC3F	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47a',
    500: '#bbac3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac3f;
$custom-light: #d3c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC3F

secondary

#8E95C8

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC3F

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

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