#BBAE4D#BBAE4D

#BBAE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE4D
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -7.59, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 50.97, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0242 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.119 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9705, 41.3741, 13.0583)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE4D #4D5ABB

analogous

#BB774D #BBAE4D #91BB4D

triadic

#BBAE4D #4DBBAE #AE4DBB

tetradic

#BBAE4D #4DBB77 #4D5ABB #BB4D91

square

#BBAE4D #4DBB77 #4D5ABB #BB4D91

split-complementary

#BBAE4D #4D91BB #774DBB

monochromatic

#665F27 #938838 #BBAE4D #CCC279 #DDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BBAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE4D

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE4D	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)

#BDA943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c582',
    500: '#bbae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae4d;
$custom-light: #d2c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74254,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE4D

secondary

#9A9FCA

accent

#63D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE4D

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

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