#BBAC78#BBAC78

#BBAC78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.072 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC78
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -2.34, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 28.84, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0049 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.072 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6368, 41.4271, 23.7266)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC78 #7887BB

analogous

#BB8A78 #BBAC78 #A9BB78

triadic

#BBAC78 #78BBAC #AC78BB

tetradic

#BBAC78 #78BB8A #7887BB #BB78A9

square

#BBAC78 #78BB8A #7887BB #BB78A9

split-complementary

#BBAC78 #78A9BB #8A78BB

monochromatic

#7B6D3E #A39152 #BBAC78 #D0C5A1 #E4DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BBAC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC78

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC78	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.072 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c49f',
    500: '#bbac78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac78;
$custom-light: #d0c49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74469,
    "c": 0.07152,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC78

secondary

#BBC0D4

accent

#53AC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC78

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

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