#BBAC46#BBAC46

#BBAC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC46
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -7.03, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 53.38, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0234 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.3530, 40.5135, 11.6982)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC46 #4655BB

analogous

#BB7246 #BBAC46 #8FBB46

triadic

#BBAC46 #46BBAC #AC46BB

tetradic

#BBAC46 #46BB72 #4655BB #BB468F

square

#BBAC46 #46BB72 #4655BB #BB468F

split-complementary

#BBAC46 #468FBB #7246BB

monochromatic

#625A24 #8F8435 #BBAC46 #CBC073 #DCD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BBAC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC46

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c47e',
    500: '#bbac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac46;
$custom-light: #d2c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.40512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC46

secondary

#949BC8

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC46

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

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