#BBAE52#BBAE52

#BBAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE52
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -7.21, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 48.65, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0225 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.114 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1538, 41.4475, 14.0241)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE52 #525FBB

analogous

#BB7952 #BBAE52 #94BB52

triadic

#BBAE52 #52BBAE #AE52BB

tetradic

#BBAE52 #52BB79 #525FBB #BB5294

square

#BBAE52 #52BB79 #525FBB #BB5294

split-complementary

#BBAE52 #5294BB #7952BB

monochromatic

#696129 #958A3B #BBAE52 #CCC37E #DED7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BBAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE52

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE52	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)

#BCA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c585',
    500: '#bbae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae52;
$custom-light: #d2c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74311,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE52

secondary

#9EA3CB

accent

#64D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE52

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

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