#BBAE4C#BBAE4C

#BBAE4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE4C
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -7.66, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 51.42, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0245 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9354, 41.3601, 12.8738)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE4C #4C59BB

analogous

#BB774C #BBAE4C #91BB4C

triadic

#BBAE4C #4CBBAE #AE4CBB

tetradic

#BBAE4C #4CBB77 #4C59BB #BB4C91

square

#BBAE4C #4CBB77 #4C59BB #BB4C91

split-complementary

#BBAE4C #4C91BB #774CBB

monochromatic

#665E27 #928838 #BBAE4C #CCC278 #DDD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BBAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE4C

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE4C	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BDA942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c582',
    500: '#bbae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae4c;
$custom-light: #d2c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE4C

secondary

#999FCA

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE4C

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

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