#BBAE5F#BBAE5F

#BBAE5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.102 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE5F
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -6.09, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 42.38, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0179 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.102 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6962, 41.6644, 16.8806)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE5F #5F6CBB

analogous

#BB805F #BBAE5F #9ABB5F

triadic

#BBAE5F #5FBBAE #AE5FBB

tetradic

#BBAE5F #5FBB80 #5F6CBB #BB5F9A

square

#BBAE5F #5FBB80 #5F6CBB #BB5F9A

split-complementary

#BBAE5F #5F9ABB #805FBB

monochromatic

#706730 #9B8E42 #BBAE5F #CDC48A #E0D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BBAE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE5F

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE5F	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)

#BBAA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.102 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68e',
    500: '#bbae5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae5f;
$custom-light: #d1c68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.522,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74479,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE5F

secondary

#A8ADCE

accent

#69D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE5F

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

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