#BBAC49#BBAC49

#BBAC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.121 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC49
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -6.83, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 52.04, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0225 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.121 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4500, 40.5524, 12.2094)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC49 #4958BB

analogous

#BB7349 #BBAC49 #91BB49

triadic

#BBAC49 #49BBAC #AC49BB

tetradic

#BBAC49 #49BB73 #4958BB #BB4991

square

#BBAC49 #49BB73 #4958BB #BB4991

split-complementary

#BBAC49 #4991BB #7349BB

monochromatic

#645C25 #918536 #BBAC49 #CCC076 #DCD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBAC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BBAC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC49

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC49	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)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.121 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c480',
    500: '#bbac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac49;
$custom-light: #d2c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73785,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC49

secondary

#979DC9

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC49

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

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