#BBAA4E#BBAA4E

#BBAA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAA4E
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -5.41, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 49.03, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0178 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.114 99)
XYZ	xyz(36.2448, 39.8658, 12.9919)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAA4E #4E5FBB

analogous

#BB744E #BBAA4E #96BB4E

triadic

#BBAA4E #4EBBAA #AA4EBB

tetradic

#BBAA4E #4EBB74 #4E5FBB #BB4E96

square

#BBAA4E #4EBB74 #4E5FBB #BB4E96

split-complementary

#BBAA4E #4E96BB #744EBB

monochromatic

#675D28 #938539 #BBAA4E #CCBF7A #DDD4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BBAA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BBAA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAA4E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAA4E	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c383',
    500: '#bbaa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaa4e;
$custom-light: #d2c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73414,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.39864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAA4E

secondary

#9BA2CA

accent

#68D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAA4E

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

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