#BBAE66#BBAE66

#BBAE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.094 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE66
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -5.41, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 38.88, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0152 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.094 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0288, 41.7975, 18.6323)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE66 #6673BB

analogous

#BB8466 #BBAE66 #9EBB66

triadic

#BBAE66 #66BBAE #AE66BB

tetradic

#BBAE66 #66BB84 #6673BB #BB669E

square

#BBAE66 #66BB84 #6673BB #BB669E

split-complementary

#BBAE66 #669EBB #8466BB

monochromatic

#736A33 #9E9046 #BBAE66 #CEC490 #E1DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BBAE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE66

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE66	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)

#BBAA60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.094 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c693',
    500: '#bbae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae66;
$custom-light: #d1c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74582,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE66

secondary

#ADB2D0

accent

#6BCE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE66

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

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