#BBAC65#BBAC65

#BBAC65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.093 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC65
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -4.45, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 38.59, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0125 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.093 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5960, 41.0108, 18.2449)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC65 #6574BB

analogous

#BB8165 #BBAC65 #9FBB65

triadic

#BBAC65 #65BBAC #AC65BB

tetradic

#BBAC65 #65BB81 #6574BB #BB659F

square

#BBAC65 #65BB81 #6574BB #BB659F

split-complementary

#BBAC65 #659FBB #8165BB

monochromatic

#736833 #9D8E45 #BBAC65 #CEC38F #E0DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BBAC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC65

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC65	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.093 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c492',
    500: '#bbac65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac65;
$custom-light: #d1c492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.535,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC65

secondary

#ACB2D0

accent

#6ECF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC65

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

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