#BBAE55#BBAE55

#BBAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.112 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE55
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -6.96, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 47.23, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0215 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.112 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2705, 41.4941, 14.6385)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE55 #5562BB

analogous

#BB7B55 #BBAE55 #95BB55

triadic

#BBAE55 #55BBAE #AE55BB

tetradic

#BBAE55 #55BB7B #5562BB #BB5595

square

#BBAE55 #55BB7B #5562BB #BB5595

split-complementary

#BBAE55 #5595BB #7B55BB

monochromatic

#6B632B #978B3C #BBAE55 #CCC381 #DED8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BBAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE55

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE55	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)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.112 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c587',
    500: '#bbae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae55;
$custom-light: #d2c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74347,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE55

secondary

#A0A6CC

accent

#65D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE55

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

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