#BBAC4D#BBAC4D

#BBAC4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC4D
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -6.54, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 50.22, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0212 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5869, 40.6071, 12.9305)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC4D #4D5CBB

analogous

#BB754D #BBAC4D #93BB4D

triadic

#BBAC4D #4DBBAC #AC4DBB

tetradic

#BBAC4D #4DBB75 #4D5CBB #BB4D93

square

#BBAC4D #4DBB75 #4D5CBB #BB4D93

split-complementary

#BBAC4D #4D93BB #754DBB

monochromatic

#665E27 #938638 #BBAC4D #CCC179 #DDD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BBAC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC4D

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC4D	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)

#BBA743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c482',
    500: '#bbac4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac4d;
$custom-light: #d2c482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC4D

secondary

#9AA0CA

accent

#65D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC4D

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

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