#BBAC44#BBAC44

#BBAC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC44
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -7.16, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 54.25, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.024 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2909, 40.4887, 11.3712)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC44 #4453BB

analogous

#BB7044 #BBAC44 #8FBB44

triadic

#BBAC44 #44BBAC #AC44BB

tetradic

#BBAC44 #44BB70 #4453BB #BB448F

square

#BBAC44 #44BB70 #4453BB #BB448F

split-complementary

#BBAC44 #448FBB #7044BB

monochromatic

#615923 #8E8334 #BBAC44 #CBC071 #DCD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BBAC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC44

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC44	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c47d',
    500: '#bbac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac44;
$custom-light: #d2c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73735,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC44

secondary

#9399C8

accent

#62D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC44

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

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