#BBAC54#BBAC54

#BBAC54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC54
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 55.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -5.99, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 46.95, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0188 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8475, 40.7114, 14.3029)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC54 #5463BB

analogous

#BB7854 #BBAC54 #96BB54

triadic

#BBAC54 #54BBAC #AC54BB

tetradic

#BBAC54 #54BB78 #5463BB #BB5496

square

#BBAC54 #54BB78 #5463BB #BB5496

split-complementary

#BBAC54 #5496BB #7854BB

monochromatic

#6A612A #96893C #BBAC54 #CCC180 #DED7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAC54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BBAC54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC54

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC54	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)

#BAA84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c487',
    500: '#bbac54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac54;
$custom-light: #d2c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC54

secondary

#9FA6CC

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC54

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

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