#BBAE51#BBAE51

#BBAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE51
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -7.29, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 49.12, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0229 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1160, 41.4324, 13.8251)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE51 #515EBB

analogous

#BB7951 #BBAE51 #93BB51

triadic

#BBAE51 #51BBAE #AE51BB

tetradic

#BBAE51 #51BB79 #515EBB #BB5193

square

#BBAE51 #51BB79 #515EBB #BB5193

split-complementary

#BBAE51 #5193BB #7951BB

monochromatic

#696129 #958A3A #BBAE51 #CCC27D #DDD7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BBAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE51

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE51	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c585',
    500: '#bbae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae51;
$custom-light: #d2c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.743,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE51

secondary

#9DA3CB

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE51

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

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