#BBAC47#BBAC47

#BBAC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC47
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -6.96, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 52.93, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0231 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3848, 40.5263, 11.8658)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC47 #4756BB

analogous

#BB7247 #BBAC47 #90BB47

triadic

#BBAC47 #47BBAC #AC47BB

tetradic

#BBAC47 #47BB72 #4756BB #BB4790

square

#BBAC47 #47BB72 #4756BB #BB4790

split-complementary

#BBAC47 #4790BB #7247BB

monochromatic

#635B25 #908435 #BBAC47 #CCC074 #DCD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BBAC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC47

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC47	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)

#BBA73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c47e',
    500: '#bbac47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac47;
$custom-light: #d2c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC47

secondary

#959CC9

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC47

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

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