#BBAE54#BBAE54

#BBAE54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE54
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 84)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 55.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -7.05, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 47.71, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0218 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.113 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2310, 41.4784, 14.4308)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE54 #5461BB

analogous

#BB7A54 #BBAE54 #94BB54

triadic

#BBAE54 #54BBAE #AE54BB

tetradic

#BBAE54 #54BB7A #5461BB #BB5494

square

#BBAE54 #54BB7A #5461BB #BB5494

split-complementary

#BBAE54 #5494BB #7A54BB

monochromatic

#6A622A #968B3C #BBAE54 #CCC380 #DED7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BBAE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE54

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE54	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c587',
    500: '#bbae54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae54;
$custom-light: #d2c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.427,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE54

secondary

#9FA5CC

accent

#65D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE54

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

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