#BBAC52#BBAC52

#BBAC52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC52
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -6.16, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 47.89, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0195 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.113 100)
XYZ	xyz(36.7703, 40.6805, 13.8962)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC52 #5261BB

analogous

#BB7852 #BBAC52 #95BB52

triadic

#BBAC52 #52BBAC #AC52BB

tetradic

#BBAC52 #52BB78 #5261BB #BB5295

square

#BBAC52 #52BB78 #5261BB #BB5295

split-complementary

#BBAC52 #5295BB #7852BB

monochromatic

#696029 #95883B #BBAC52 #CCC17E #DED6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BBAC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC52

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC52	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c485',
    500: '#bbac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac52;
$custom-light: #d2c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73885,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.40679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC52

secondary

#9EA4CB

accent

#67D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC52

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

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