#BBAE5D#BBAE5D

#BBAE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE5D
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -6.27, 42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 43.36, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0186 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.104 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6065, 41.6285, 16.4080)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE5D #5D6ABB

analogous

#BB7F5D #BBAE5D #99BB5D

triadic

#BBAE5D #5DBBAE #AE5DBB

tetradic

#BBAE5D #5DBB7F #5D6ABB #BB5D99

square

#BBAE5D #5DBB7F #5D6ABB #BB5D99

split-complementary

#BBAE5D #5D99BB #7F5DBB

monochromatic

#6F662F #9A8E41 #BBAE5D #CDC488 #DFD9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BBAE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE5D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE5D	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68d',
    500: '#bbae5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae5d;
$custom-light: #d1c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.702,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74452,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE5D

secondary

#A6ACCE

accent

#68D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE5D

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

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