#BBAE58#BBAE58

#BBAE58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.109 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE58
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -6.71, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 45.80, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0204 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.109 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3922, 41.5428, 15.2795)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE58 #5865BB

analogous

#BB7D58 #BBAE58 #97BB58

triadic

#BBAE58 #58BBAE #AE58BB

tetradic

#BBAE58 #58BB7D #5865BB #BB5897

square

#BBAE58 #58BB7D #5865BB #BB5897

split-complementary

#BBAE58 #5897BB #7D58BB

monochromatic

#6C642C #988C3E #BBAE58 #CDC383 #DED8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BBAE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE58

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE58	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)

#BCAA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.109 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c589',
    500: '#bbae58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae58;
$custom-light: #d2c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74385,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE58

secondary

#A2A8CD

accent

#66D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE58

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

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