#BBAE6B#BBAE6B

#BBAE6B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.089 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE6B
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -4.89, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 36.34, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0132 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.089 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2843, 41.8997, 19.9778)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE6B #6B78BB

analogous

#BB866B #BBAE6B #A0BB6B

triadic

#BBAE6B #6BBBAE #AE6BBB

tetradic

#BBAE6B #6BBB86 #6B78BB #BB6BA0

square

#BBAE6B #6BBB86 #6B78BB #BB6BA0

split-complementary

#BBAE6B #6BA0BB #866BBB

monochromatic

#766B36 #A09149 #BBAE6B #CEC595 #E2DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAE6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBAE6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE6B

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE6B	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)

#BAAA66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.089 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c696',
    500: '#bbae6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae6b;
$custom-light: #d1c696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74661,
    "c": 0.08852,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE6B

secondary

#B1B6D1

accent

#6DCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE6B

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

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