#BBAE62#BBAE62

#BBAE62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE62
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -5.80, 40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 40.88, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0167 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.098 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8352, 41.7200, 17.6127)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE62 #626FBB

analogous

#BB8162 #BBAE62 #9BBB62

triadic

#BBAE62 #62BBAE #AE62BB

tetradic

#BBAE62 #62BB81 #626FBB #BB629B

square

#BBAE62 #62BB81 #626FBB #BB629B

split-complementary

#BBAE62 #629BBB #8162BB

monochromatic

#716831 #9C8F44 #BBAE62 #CDC48D #E0DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BBAE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE62

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE62	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)

#BBAA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c690',
    500: '#bbae62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae62;
$custom-light: #d1c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.236,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74522,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE62

secondary

#AAAFCF

accent

#6ACF58

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE62

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

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