#BBAE59#BBAE59

#BBAE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.108 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE59
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -6.63, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 45.31, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0201 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.108 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4339, 41.5595, 15.4992)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE59 #5966BB

analogous

#BB7D59 #BBAE59 #97BB59

triadic

#BBAE59 #59BBAE #AE59BB

tetradic

#BBAE59 #59BB7D #5966BB #BB5997

square

#BBAE59 #59BB7D #5966BB #BB5997

split-complementary

#BBAE59 #5997BB #7D59BB

monochromatic

#6D642D #988C3E #BBAE59 #CDC384 #DFD8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BBAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE59

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE59	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)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.108 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c58a',
    500: '#bbae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae59;
$custom-light: #d1c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.041,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE59

secondary

#A3A9CD

accent

#67D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE59

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

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