#BBAC57#BBAC57

#BBAC57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.108 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC57
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -5.74, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 45.51, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0177 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.108 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9676, 40.7594, 14.9351)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC57 #5766BB

analogous

#BB7A57 #BBAC57 #98BB57

triadic

#BBAC57 #57BBAC #AC57BB

tetradic

#BBAC57 #57BB7A #5766BB #BB5798

square

#BBAC57 #57BB7A #5766BB #BB5798

split-complementary

#BBAC57 #5798BB #7A57BB

monochromatic

#6C622C #978A3D #BBAC57 #CDC283 #DED7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBAC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC57

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC57	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.108 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c489',
    500: '#bbac57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac57;
$custom-light: #d2c489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73947,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC57

secondary

#A2A8CC

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC57

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

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