#BBAC42#BBAC42

#BBAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC42
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -7.29, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 55.11, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0246 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2309, 40.4647, 11.0552)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC42 #4251BB

analogous

#BB7042 #BBAC42 #8EBB42

triadic

#BBAC42 #42BBAC #AC42BB

tetradic

#BBAC42 #42BB70 #4251BB #BB428E

square

#BBAC42 #42BB70 #4251BB #BB428E

split-complementary

#BBAC42 #428EBB #7042BB

monochromatic

#615922 #8E8232 #BBAC42 #CCC06E #DCD49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BBAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC42

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC42	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c47b',
    500: '#bbac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac42;
$custom-light: #d2c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73716,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC42

secondary

#9198C8

accent

#61D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC42

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

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