#BBAC72#BBAC72

#BBAC72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.079 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC72
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -3.05, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 31.94, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0073 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.079 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2841, 41.2860, 21.8687)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC72 #7281BB

analogous

#BB8872 #BBAC72 #A6BB72

triadic

#BBAC72 #72BBAC #AC72BB

tetradic

#BBAC72 #72BB88 #7281BB #BB72A6

square

#BBAC72 #72BB88 #7281BB #BB72A6

split-complementary

#BBAC72 #72A6BB #8872BB

monochromatic

#786C3A #A2914E #BBAC72 #CFC49B #E3DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BBAC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC72

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC72	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.079 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c49b',
    500: '#bbac72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac72;
$custom-light: #d0c49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74359,
    "c": 0.07857,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC72

secondary

#B6BCD3

accent

#73CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC72

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

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