#BBAE68#BBAE68

#BBAE68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.092 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE68
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 104)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 44.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -5.20, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 37.87, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0144 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.092 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.1292, 41.8376, 19.1610)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE68 #6875BB

analogous

#BB8468 #BBAE68 #9FBB68

triadic

#BBAE68 #68BBAE #AE68BB

tetradic

#BBAE68 #68BB84 #6875BB #BB689F

square

#BBAE68 #68BB84 #6875BB #BB689F

split-complementary

#BBAE68 #689FBB #8468BB

monochromatic

#746A34 #9E9147 #BBAE68 #CEC592 #E1DBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BBAE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE68

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE68	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.092 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c694',
    500: '#bbae68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae68;
$custom-light: #d1c694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.602,
    "s": 37.9,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74613,
    "c": 0.09187,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.41836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE68

secondary

#AFB4D0

accent

#6CCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE68

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

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