#BBAE4E#BBAE4E

#BBAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE4E
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -7.51, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 50.51, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0239 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0060, 41.3884, 13.2457)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE4E #4E5BBB

analogous

#BB784E #BBAE4E #92BB4E

triadic

#BBAE4E #4EBBAE #AE4EBB

tetradic

#BBAE4E #4EBB78 #4E5BBB #BB4E92

square

#BBAE4E #4EBB78 #4E5BBB #BB4E92

split-complementary

#BBAE4E #4E92BB #784EBB

monochromatic

#675F28 #938839 #BBAE4E #CCC27A #DDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BBAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE4E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE4E	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c583',
    500: '#bbae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae4e;
$custom-light: #d2c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74265,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE4E

secondary

#9BA0CA

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE4E

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

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