#BBAC79#BBAC79

#BBAC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.070 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAC79
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -2.22, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 28.32, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0045 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.07 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6979, 41.4515, 24.0479)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAC79 #7988BB

analogous

#BB8B79 #BBAC79 #A9BB79

triadic

#BBAC79 #79BBAC #AC79BB

tetradic

#BBAC79 #79BB8B #7988BB #BB79A9

square

#BBAC79 #79BB8B #7988BB #BB79A9

split-complementary

#BBAC79 #79A9BB #8B79BB

monochromatic

#7B6D3E #A49153 #BBAC79 #D0C5A2 #E4DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BBAC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAC79

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAC79	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)

#B7AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbac79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.070 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4a0',
    500: '#bbac79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbac79;
$custom-light: #d0c4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbac79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74488,
    "c": 0.07032,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAC79

secondary

#BBC1D5

accent

#54AB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAC79

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

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