#BBAC40#BBAC40

#BBAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC40
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -7.41, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 55.96, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0252 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1730, 40.4415, 10.7501)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC40 #404FBB

analogous

#BB6F40 #BBAC40 #8DBB40

triadic

#BBAC40 #40BBAC #AC40BB

tetradic

#BBAC40 #40BB6F #404FBB #BB408D

square

#BBAC40 #40BB6F #404FBB #BB408D

split-complementary

#BBAC40 #408DBB #6F40BB

monochromatic

#605821 #8D8230 #BBAC40 #CDC16C #DCD499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BBAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC40

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC40	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)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47a',
    500: '#bbac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac40;
$custom-light: #d3c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC40

secondary

#8F96C8

accent

#60D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC40

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

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