#BBAE60#BBAE60

#BBAE60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.101 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE60
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -5.99, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 41.88, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0175 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.101 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.7419, 41.6827, 17.1215)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE60 #606DBB

analogous

#BB8160 #BBAE60 #9ABB60

triadic

#BBAE60 #60BBAE #AE60BB

tetradic

#BBAE60 #60BB81 #606DBB #BB609A

square

#BBAE60 #60BB81 #606DBB #BB609A

split-complementary

#BBAE60 #609ABB #8160BB

monochromatic

#706730 #9B8F42 #BBAE60 #CDC48B #E0DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BBAE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE60

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE60	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.101 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68f',
    500: '#bbae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae60;
$custom-light: #d1c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE60

secondary

#A8AECE

accent

#69D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE60

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

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