#BBAE6C#BBAE6C

#BBAE6C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.087 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE6C
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 42.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -4.78, 35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 35.83, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0128 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.087 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3372, 41.9208, 20.2565)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE6C #6C79BB

analogous

#BB876C #BBAE6C #A0BB6C

triadic

#BBAE6C #6CBBAE #AE6CBB

tetradic

#BBAE6C #6CBB87 #6C79BB #BB6CA0

square

#BBAE6C #6CBB87 #6C79BB #BB6CA0

split-complementary

#BBAE6C #6CA0BB #876CBB

monochromatic

#766C37 #A0924A #BBAE6C #CEC596 #E2DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAE6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBAE6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE6C

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE6C	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)

#BAAA67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.087 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c697',
    500: '#bbae6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae6c;
$custom-light: #d1c697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.127,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74677,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE6C

secondary

#B2B7D1

accent

#6ECD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE6C

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

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