#BBAC4F#BBAC4F

#BBAC4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC4F
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 57.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -6.39, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 49.30, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0205 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6587, 40.6358, 13.3081)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC4F #4F5EBB

analogous

#BB764F #BBAC4F #94BB4F

triadic

#BBAC4F #4FBBAC #AC4FBB

tetradic

#BBAC4F #4FBB76 #4F5EBB #BB4F94

square

#BBAC4F #4FBB76 #4F5EBB #BB4F94

split-complementary

#BBAC4F #4F94BB #764FBB

monochromatic

#685F28 #948739 #BBAC4F #CCC17B #DDD6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BBAC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC4F

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC4F	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c483',
    500: '#bbac4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac4f;
$custom-light: #d2c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7385,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC4F

secondary

#9BA2CA

accent

#66D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC4F

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

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