#BBAC59#BBAC59

#BBAC59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC59
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -5.57, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 44.54, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.017 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.106 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0504, 40.7925, 15.3714)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC59 #5968BB

analogous

#BB7B59 #BBAC59 #99BB59

triadic

#BBAC59 #59BBAC #AC59BB

tetradic

#BBAC59 #59BB7B #5968BB #BB5999

square

#BBAC59 #59BB7B #5968BB #BB5999

split-complementary

#BBAC59 #5999BB #7B59BB

monochromatic

#6D632D #988B3E #BBAC59 #CDC284 #DFD7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC59

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC59	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c48a',
    500: '#bbac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac59;
$custom-light: #d1c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73973,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC59

secondary

#A3A9CD

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC59

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

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