#BBAE5B#BBAE5B

#BBAE5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE5B
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -6.45, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 44.34, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0193 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.106 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5190, 41.5936, 15.9475)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE5B #5B68BB

analogous

#BB7E5B #BBAE5B #98BB5B

triadic

#BBAE5B #5BBBAE #AE5BBB

tetradic

#BBAE5B #5BBB7E #5B68BB #BB5B98

square

#BBAE5B #5BBB7E #5B68BB #BB5B98

split-complementary

#BBAE5B #5B98BB #7E5BBB

monochromatic

#6E652E #998D40 #BBAE5B #CDC386 #DFD9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BBAE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE5B

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE5B	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)

#BBAA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68b',
    500: '#bbae5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae5b;
$custom-light: #d1c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74425,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE5B

secondary

#A5AACD

accent

#67D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE5B

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

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