#BBAC73#BBAC73

#BBAC73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.077 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC73
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -2.94, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 31.43, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0069 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.077 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3413, 41.3089, 22.1701)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC73 #7382BB

analogous

#BB8873 #BBAC73 #A6BB73

triadic

#BBAC73 #73BBAC #AC73BB

tetradic

#BBAC73 #73BB88 #7382BB #BB73A6

square

#BBAC73 #73BB88 #7382BB #BB73A6

split-complementary

#BBAC73 #73A6BB #8873BB

monochromatic

#796C3B #A2914F #BBAC73 #CFC49C #E3DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BBAC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC73

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC73	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)

#B7A96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.077 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c49c',
    500: '#bbac73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac73;
$custom-light: #d0c49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC73

secondary

#B7BDD3

accent

#74CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC73

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

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