#BBAE4F#BBAE4F

#BBAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE4F
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -7.44, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 50.05, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0235 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0422, 41.4028, 13.4360)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE4F #4F5CBB

analogous

#BB784F #BBAE4F #92BB4F

triadic

#BBAE4F #4FBBAE #AE4FBB

tetradic

#BBAE4F #4FBB78 #4F5CBB #BB4F92

square

#BBAE4F #4FBB78 #4F5CBB #BB4F92

split-complementary

#BBAE4F #4F92BB #784FBB

monochromatic

#686028 #948939 #BBAE4F #CCC27B #DDD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BBAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE4F

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE4F	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)

#BCA945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c584',
    500: '#bbae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae4f;
$custom-light: #d2c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74277,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE4F

secondary

#9BA1CA

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE4F

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

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