#BBAC55#BBAC55

#BBAC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC55
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -5.91, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 46.47, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0185 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8870, 40.7271, 14.5107)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC55 #5564BB

analogous

#BB7955 #BBAC55 #97BB55

triadic

#BBAC55 #55BBAC #AC55BB

tetradic

#BBAC55 #55BB79 #5564BB #BB5597

square

#BBAC55 #55BB79 #5564BB #BB5597

split-complementary

#BBAC55 #5597BB #7955BB

monochromatic

#6B612B #97893C #BBAC55 #CCC181 #DED7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBAC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBAC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC55

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC55	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c487',
    500: '#bbac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac55;
$custom-light: #d2c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73922,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC55

secondary

#A0A6CC

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC55

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

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