#BBAC48#BBAC48

#BBAC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC48
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -6.90, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 52.49, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0228 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4172, 40.5392, 12.0362)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC48 #4857BB

analogous

#BB7248 #BBAC48 #90BB48

triadic

#BBAC48 #48BBAC #AC48BB

tetradic

#BBAC48 #48BB72 #4857BB #BB4890

square

#BBAC48 #48BB72 #4857BB #BB4890

split-complementary

#BBAC48 #4890BB #7248BB

monochromatic

#645B25 #908436 #BBAC48 #CCC075 #DCD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BBAC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC48

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC48	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c47f',
    500: '#bbac48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac48;
$custom-light: #d2c47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73774,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC48

secondary

#969DC9

accent

#63D552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC48

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

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