#BBAE57#BBAE57

#BBAE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE57
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -6.80, 45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 46.28, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0208 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.11 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3511, 41.5264, 15.0629)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE57 #5764BB

analogous

#BB7C57 #BBAE57 #96BB57

triadic

#BBAE57 #57BBAE #AE57BB

tetradic

#BBAE57 #57BB7C #5764BB #BB5796

square

#BBAE57 #57BB7C #5764BB #BB5796

split-complementary

#BBAE57 #5796BB #7C57BB

monochromatic

#6C642C #978C3D #BBAE57 #CDC383 #DED8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BBAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE57

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE57	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c589',
    500: '#bbae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae57;
$custom-light: #d2c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74372,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE57

secondary

#A2A7CC

accent

#66D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE57

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

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