#BBAE64#BBAE64

#BBAE64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.096 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE64
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 100)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 46.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -5.61, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 39.88, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.016 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.096 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9308, 41.7583, 18.1162)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE64 #6471BB

analogous

#BB8364 #BBAE64 #9DBB64

triadic

#BBAE64 #64BBAE #AE64BB

tetradic

#BBAE64 #64BB83 #6471BB #BB649D

square

#BBAE64 #64BB83 #6471BB #BB649D

split-complementary

#BBAE64 #649DBB #8364BB

monochromatic

#726932 #9D9045 #BBAE64 #CEC48F #E0DAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BBAE64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BBAE64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE64

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE64	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)

#BBAA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.096 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c691',
    500: '#bbae64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae64;
$custom-light: #d1c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.034,
    "s": 39.013,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE64

secondary

#ABB1CF

accent

#6BCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE64

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

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