#BBAC4B#BBAC4B

#BBAC4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC4B
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -6.68, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 51.14, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0218 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5174, 40.5793, 12.5643)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC4B #4B5ABB

analogous

#BB744B #BBAC4B #92BB4B

triadic

#BBAC4B #4BBBAC #AC4BBB

tetradic

#BBAC4B #4BBB74 #4B5ABB #BB4B92

square

#BBAC4B #4BBB74 #4B5ABB #BB4B92

split-complementary

#BBAC4B #4B92BB #744BBB

monochromatic

#655D26 #928637 #BBAC4B #CCC077 #DDD5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BBAC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC4B

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC4B	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c481',
    500: '#bbac4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac4b;
$custom-light: #d2c481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73806,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC4B

secondary

#989FCA

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC4B

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

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