#BBAE61#BBAE61

#BBAE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.099 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE61
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -5.90, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 41.38, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0171 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.099 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7883, 41.7013, 17.3656)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE61 #616EBB

analogous

#BB8161 #BBAE61 #9BBB61

triadic

#BBAE61 #61BBAE #AE61BB

tetradic

#BBAE61 #61BB81 #616EBB #BB619B

square

#BBAE61 #61BB81 #616EBB #BB619B

split-complementary

#BBAE61 #619BBB #8161BB

monochromatic

#716831 #9C8F43 #BBAE61 #CDC48C #E0DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BBAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE61

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE61	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)

#BBAA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.099 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68f',
    500: '#bbae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae61;
$custom-light: #d1c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74508,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE61

secondary

#A9AFCF

accent

#69D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE61

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

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