#BBAC58#BBAC58

#BBAC58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.107 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC58
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 88)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -5.66, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 45.02, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0174 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.107 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0087, 40.7758, 15.1517)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC58 #5867BB

analogous

#BB7B58 #BBAC58 #99BB58

triadic

#BBAC58 #58BBAC #AC58BB

tetradic

#BBAC58 #58BB7B #5867BB #BB5899

square

#BBAC58 #58BB7B #5867BB #BB5899

split-complementary

#BBAC58 #5899BB #7B58BB

monochromatic

#6C632C #988A3E #BBAC58 #CDC283 #DED7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAC58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBAC58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC58

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC58	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)

#BAA850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.107 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c489',
    500: '#bbac58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac58;
$custom-light: #d2c489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7396,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC58

secondary

#A2A9CD

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC58

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

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