#BBAC53#BBAC53

#BBAC53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC53
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -6.07, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 47.42, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0192 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8087, 40.6958, 14.0981)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC53 #5362BB

analogous

#BB7853 #BBAC53 #96BB53

triadic

#BBAC53 #53BBAC #AC53BB

tetradic

#BBAC53 #53BB78 #5362BB #BB5396

square

#BBAC53 #53BB78 #5362BB #BB5396

split-complementary

#BBAC53 #5396BB #7853BB

monochromatic

#6A612A #96893B #BBAC53 #CCC17F #DED6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BBAC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC53

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC53	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)

#BAA84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c486',
    500: '#bbac53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac53;
$custom-light: #d2c486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73898,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC53

secondary

#9EA5CB

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC53

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

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