#BBAE5C#BBAE5C

#BBAE5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.105 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE5C
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -6.36, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 43.85, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.019 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.105 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5625, 41.6109, 16.1762)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE5C #5C69BB

analogous

#BB7E5C #BBAE5C #99BB5C

triadic

#BBAE5C #5CBBAE #AE5CBB

tetradic

#BBAE5C #5CBB7E #5C69BB #BB5C99

square

#BBAE5C #5CBB7E #5C69BB #BB5C99

split-complementary

#BBAE5C #5C99BB #7E5CBB

monochromatic

#6F662E #9A8D40 #BBAE5C #CDC387 #DFD9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BBAE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE5C

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE5C	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)

#BBAA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.105 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68c',
    500: '#bbae5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae5c;
$custom-light: #d1c68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.789,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE5C

secondary

#A5ABCD

accent

#68D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE5C

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

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