#BBAE6A#BBAE6A

#BBAE6A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.090 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE6A
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 43.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -4.99, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 36.85, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0136 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.09 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2320, 41.8787, 19.7024)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE6A #6A77BB

analogous

#BB856A #BBAE6A #A0BB6A

triadic

#BBAE6A #6ABBAE #AE6ABB

tetradic

#BBAE6A #6ABB85 #6A77BB #BB6AA0

square

#BBAE6A #6ABB85 #6A77BB #BB6AA0

split-complementary

#BBAE6A #6AA0BB #856ABB

monochromatic

#756B35 #9F9149 #BBAE6A #CEC594 #E1DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBAE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE6A

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE6A	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.090 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c696',
    500: '#bbae6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae6a;
$custom-light: #d1c696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74645,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE6A

secondary

#B0B5D1

accent

#6DCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE6A

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

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