#BBAC5A#BBAC5A

#BBAC5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC5A
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -5.48, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 44.05, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0167 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.105 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0927, 40.8094, 15.5940)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC5A #5A69BB

analogous

#BB7C5A #BBAC5A #9ABB5A

triadic

#BBAC5A #5ABBAC #AC5ABB

tetradic

#BBAC5A #5ABB7C #5A69BB #BB5A9A

square

#BBAC5A #5ABB7C #5A69BB #BB5A9A

split-complementary

#BBAC5A #5A9ABB #7C5ABB

monochromatic

#6D642D #998B3F #BBAC5A #CDC285 #DFD8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC5A

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC5A	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)

#BAA853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c48b',
    500: '#bbac5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac5a;
$custom-light: #d1c48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.722,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73987,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC5A

secondary

#A4AACD

accent

#69D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC5A

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

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