#BBAC41#BBAC41

#BBAC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC41
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -7.35, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 55.54, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0249 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2017, 40.4530, 10.9013)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC41 #4150BB

analogous

#BB6F41 #BBAC41 #8DBB41

triadic

#BBAC41 #41BBAC #AC41BB

tetradic

#BBAC41 #41BB6F #4150BB #BB418D

square

#BBAC41 #41BB6F #4150BB #BB418D

split-complementary

#BBAC41 #418DBB #6F41BB

monochromatic

#605821 #8E8231 #BBAC41 #CCC16D #DCD49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BBAC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC41

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC41	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)

#BBA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c47b',
    500: '#bbac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac41;
$custom-light: #d3c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73707,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC41

secondary

#9097C8

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC41

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

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