#BBAC60#BBAC60

#BBAC60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC60
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -4.94, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 41.09, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0144 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.099 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3584, 40.9157, 16.9937)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC60 #606FBB

analogous

#BB7E60 #BBAC60 #9CBB60

triadic

#BBAC60 #60BBAC #AC60BB

tetradic

#BBAC60 #60BB7E #606FBB #BB609C

square

#BBAC60 #60BB7E #606FBB #BB609C

split-complementary

#BBAC60 #609CBB #7E60BB

monochromatic

#706630 #9B8D42 #BBAC60 #CDC28B #E0D9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBAC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC60

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC60	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)

#B9A85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c48f',
    500: '#bbac60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac60;
$custom-light: #d1c48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.11,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7407,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC60

secondary

#A8AFCE

accent

#6CD058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC60

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

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