#BBAC5F#BBAC5F

#BBAC5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC5F
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -5.03, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 41.59, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0148 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.1 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3127, 40.8974, 16.7528)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC5F #5F6EBB

analogous

#BB7E5F #BBAC5F #9CBB5F

triadic

#BBAC5F #5FBBAC #AC5FBB

tetradic

#BBAC5F #5FBB7E #5F6EBB #BB5F9C

square

#BBAC5F #5FBB7E #5F6EBB #BB5F9C

split-complementary

#BBAC5F #5F9CBB #7E5FBB

monochromatic

#706530 #9B8C42 #BBAC5F #CDC28A #E0D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBAC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC5F

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC5F	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)

#B9A858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c48e',
    500: '#bbac5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac5f;
$custom-light: #d1c48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74056,
    "c": 0.09964,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC5F

secondary

#A8AECE

accent

#6BD058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC5F

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

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