#BBAC70#BBAC70

#BBAC70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.081 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC70
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 112)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -3.28, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 32.98, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0082 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.081 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1715, 41.2409, 21.2757)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC70 #707FBB

analogous

#BB8670 #BBAC70 #A4BB70

triadic

#BBAC70 #70BBAC #AC70BB

tetradic

#BBAC70 #70BB86 #707FBB #BB70A4

square

#BBAC70 #70BB86 #707FBB #BB70A4

split-complementary

#BBAC70 #70A4BB #8670BB

monochromatic

#786B39 #A1904D #BBAC70 #CFC499 #E2DCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAC70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BBAC70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC70

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC70	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.081 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c49a',
    500: '#bbac70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac70;
$custom-light: #d1c49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74324,
    "c": 0.08089,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC70

secondary

#B5BBD2

accent

#72CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC70

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

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