#BBAC4E#BBAC4E

#BBAC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC4E
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -6.46, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 49.76, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0208 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6225, 40.6214, 13.1179)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC4E #4E5DBB

analogous

#BB764E #BBAC4E #94BB4E

triadic

#BBAC4E #4EBBAC #AC4EBB

tetradic

#BBAC4E #4EBB76 #4E5DBB #BB4E94

square

#BBAC4E #4EBB76 #4E5DBB #BB4E94

split-complementary

#BBAC4E #4E94BB #764EBB

monochromatic

#675E28 #938739 #BBAC4E #CCC17A #DDD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BBAC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC4E

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC4E	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)

#BBA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c483',
    500: '#bbac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac4e;
$custom-light: #d2c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73839,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC4E

secondary

#9BA1CA

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC4E

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

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