#BBAC45#BBAC45

#BBAC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC45
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -7.10, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 53.81, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0237 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.3217, 40.5010, 11.5333)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC45 #4554BB

analogous

#BB7145 #BBAC45 #8FBB45

triadic

#BBAC45 #45BBAC #AC45BB

tetradic

#BBAC45 #45BB71 #4554BB #BB458F

square

#BBAC45 #45BB71 #4554BB #BB458F

split-complementary

#BBAC45 #458FBB #7145BB

monochromatic

#625A24 #8F8334 #BBAC45 #CBC072 #DCD49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BBAC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC45

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC45	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)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c47d',
    500: '#bbac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac45;
$custom-light: #d2c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73744,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC45

secondary

#949AC8

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC45

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

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