#BBAE63#BBAE63

#BBAE63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.097 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE63
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 47.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -5.70, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 40.38, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0163 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.097 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8827, 41.7390, 17.8629)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE63 #6370BB

analogous

#BB8263 #BBAE63 #9CBB63

triadic

#BBAE63 #63BBAE #AE63BB

tetradic

#BBAE63 #63BB82 #6370BB #BB639C

square

#BBAE63 #63BB82 #6370BB #BB639C

split-complementary

#BBAE63 #639CBB #8263BB

monochromatic

#726832 #9D9044 #BBAE63 #CEC48E #E0DAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BBAE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE63

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE63	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.097 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c691',
    500: '#bbae63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae63;
$custom-light: #d1c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74537,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE63

secondary

#ABB0CF

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE63

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

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