#BBAC61#BBAC61

#BBAC61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC61
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -4.84, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 40.60, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.014 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.098 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4048, 40.9343, 17.2377)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC61 #6170BB

analogous

#BB7F61 #BBAC61 #9DBB61

triadic

#BBAC61 #61BBAC #AC61BB

tetradic

#BBAC61 #61BB7F #6170BB #BB619D

square

#BBAC61 #61BB7F #6170BB #BB619D

split-complementary

#BBAC61 #619DBB #7F61BB

monochromatic

#716631 #9C8D43 #BBAC61 #CDC28C #E0D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBAC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BBAC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC61

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC61	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c48f',
    500: '#bbac61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac61;
$custom-light: #d1c48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74084,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC61

secondary

#A9AFCF

accent

#6CD058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC61

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

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