#BBAC5B#BBAC5B

#BBAC5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC5B
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -5.40, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 43.56, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0163 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.104 99)
XYZ	xyz(37.1355, 40.8266, 15.8197)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC5B #5B6ABB

analogous

#BB7C5B #BBAC5B #9ABB5B

triadic

#BBAC5B #5BBBAC #AC5BBB

tetradic

#BBAC5B #5BBB7C #5B6ABB #BB5B9A

square

#BBAC5B #5BBB7C #5B6ABB #BB5B9A

split-complementary

#BBAC5B #5B9ABB #7C5BBB

monochromatic

#6E642E #998B40 #BBAC5B #CDC286 #DFD8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BBAC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC5B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC5B	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)

#BAA854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c48b',
    500: '#bbac5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac5b;
$custom-light: #d1c48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.40825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC5B

secondary

#A5ABCD

accent

#6AD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC5B

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

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