#BBAE56#BBAE56

#BBAE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.111 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE56
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -6.88, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 46.76, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0211 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.111 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.3105, 41.5102, 14.8492)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE56 #5663BB

analogous

#BB7B56 #BBAE56 #95BB56

triadic

#BBAE56 #56BBAE #AE56BB

tetradic

#BBAE56 #56BB7B #5663BB #BB5695

square

#BBAE56 #56BB7B #5663BB #BB5695

split-complementary

#BBAE56 #5695BB #7B56BB

monochromatic

#6B632B #978B3D #BBAE56 #CDC382 #DED8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BBAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE56

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE56	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)

#BCA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.111 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c588',
    500: '#bbae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae56;
$custom-light: #d2c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.277,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7436,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE56

secondary

#A1A6CC

accent

#65D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE56

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

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