#BBAC74#BBAC74

#BBAC74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.076 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC74
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -2.82, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 30.91, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0065 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.076 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3992, 41.3320, 22.4748)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC74 #7483BB

analogous

#BB8974 #BBAC74 #A7BB74

triadic

#BBAC74 #74BBAC #AC74BB

tetradic

#BBAC74 #74BB89 #7483BB #BB74A7

square

#BBAC74 #74BB89 #7483BB #BB74A7

split-complementary

#BBAC74 #74A7BB #8974BB

monochromatic

#796C3B #A2914F #BBAC74 #CFC59D #E3DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBAC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BBAC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC74

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC74	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.076 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c49c',
    500: '#bbac74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac74;
$custom-light: #d0c49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74395,
    "c": 0.07624,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC74

secondary

#B8BDD3

accent

#74CA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC74

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

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