#BBAE65#BBAE65

#BBAE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.095 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE65
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -5.51, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 39.38, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0156 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.095 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9795, 41.7778, 18.3727)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE65 #6572BB

analogous

#BB8365 #BBAE65 #9DBB65

triadic

#BBAE65 #65BBAE #AE65BB

tetradic

#BBAE65 #65BB83 #6572BB #BB659D

square

#BBAE65 #65BB83 #6572BB #BB659D

split-complementary

#BBAE65 #659DBB #8365BB

monochromatic

#736933 #9D9045 #BBAE65 #CEC48F #E0DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BBAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE65

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE65	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.095 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c692',
    500: '#bbae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae65;
$custom-light: #d1c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74567,
    "c": 0.09516,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE65

secondary

#ACB2D0

accent

#6BCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE65

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

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