#BBAE50#BBAE50

#BBAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE50
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -7.36, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 49.59, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0232 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0788, 41.4175, 13.6291)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE50 #505DBB

analogous

#BB7850 #BBAE50 #93BB50

triadic

#BBAE50 #50BBAE #AE50BB

tetradic

#BBAE50 #50BB78 #505DBB #BB5093

square

#BBAE50 #50BB78 #505DBB #BB5093

split-complementary

#BBAE50 #5093BB #7850BB

monochromatic

#686028 #94893A #BBAE50 #CCC27C #DDD7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BBAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE50

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE50	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)

#BCA946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c584',
    500: '#bbae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae50;
$custom-light: #d2c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74288,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE50

secondary

#9CA2CB

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE50

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

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