#BBAE53#BBAE53

#BBAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE53
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -7.13, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 48.18, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0222 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.113 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1922, 41.4628, 14.2260)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE53 #5360BB

analogous

#BB7A53 #BBAE53 #94BB53

triadic

#BBAE53 #53BBAE #AE53BB

tetradic

#BBAE53 #53BB7A #5360BB #BB5394

square

#BBAE53 #53BB7A #5360BB #BB5394

split-complementary

#BBAE53 #5394BB #7A53BB

monochromatic

#6A622A #968A3B #BBAE53 #CCC37F #DED7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BBAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE53

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE53	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)

#BCA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c586',
    500: '#bbae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae53;
$custom-light: #d2c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74323,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE53

secondary

#9EA4CB

accent

#65D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE53

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

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