#BBAE5A#BBAE5A

#BBAE5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.107 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE5A
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -6.54, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 44.83, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0197 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.107 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4762, 41.5764, 15.7219)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE5A #5A67BB

analogous

#BB7E5A #BBAE5A #98BB5A

triadic

#BBAE5A #5ABBAE #AE5ABB

tetradic

#BBAE5A #5ABB7E #5A67BB #BB5A98

square

#BBAE5A #5ABB7E #5A67BB #BB5A98

split-complementary

#BBAE5A #5A98BB #7E5ABB

monochromatic

#6D652D #998D3F #BBAE5A #CDC385 #DFD9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BBAE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE5A

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE5A	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.107 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68b',
    500: '#bbae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae5a;
$custom-light: #d1c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74411,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE5A

secondary

#A4A9CD

accent

#67D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE5A

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

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