#BBAC5E#BBAC5E

#BBAC5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.101 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC5E
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -5.12, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 42.09, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0152 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.101 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2675, 40.8794, 16.5149)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC5E #5E6DBB

analogous

#BB7E5E #BBAC5E #9BBB5E

triadic

#BBAC5E #5EBBAC #AC5EBB

tetradic

#BBAC5E #5EBB7E #5E6DBB #BB5E9B

square

#BBAC5E #5EBB7E #5E6DBB #BB5E9B

split-complementary

#BBAC5E #5E9BBB #7E5EBB

monochromatic

#70652F #9B8C41 #BBAC5E #CDC289 #DFD8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBAC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC5E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC5E	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.101 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c48d',
    500: '#bbac5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac5e;
$custom-light: #d1c48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC5E

secondary

#A7ADCE

accent

#6BD057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC5E

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

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