#BBAE5E#BBAE5E

#BBAE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.103 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE5E
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -6.18, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 42.87, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0182 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.103 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6510, 41.6464, 16.6428)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE5E #5E6BBB

analogous

#BB805E #BBAE5E #99BB5E

triadic

#BBAE5E #5EBBAE #AE5EBB

tetradic

#BBAE5E #5EBB80 #5E6BBB #BB5E99

square

#BBAE5E #5EBB80 #5E6BBB #BB5E99

split-complementary

#BBAE5E #5E99BB #805EBB

monochromatic

#70672F #9B8E41 #BBAE5E #CDC489 #DFD9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BBAE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE5E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE5E	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)

#BBAA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.103 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68d',
    500: '#bbae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae5e;
$custom-light: #d1c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74465,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE5E

secondary

#A7ACCE

accent

#68D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE5E

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

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