#BBAE69#BBAE69

#BBAE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.091 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE69
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -5.10, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 37.36, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.014 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.091 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1803, 41.8581, 19.4301)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE69 #6976BB

analogous

#BB8569 #BBAE69 #9FBB69

triadic

#BBAE69 #69BBAE #AE69BB

tetradic

#BBAE69 #69BB85 #6976BB #BB699F

square

#BBAE69 #69BB85 #6976BB #BB699F

split-complementary

#BBAE69 #699FBB #8569BB

monochromatic

#756B35 #9F9148 #BBAE69 #CEC593 #E1DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BBAE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE69

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE69	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)

#BAAA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.091 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c695',
    500: '#bbae69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae69;
$custom-light: #d1c695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.488,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74629,
    "c": 0.09076,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE69

secondary

#AFB5D1

accent

#6DCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE69

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

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