#BBAE6D#BBAE6D

#BBAE6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.086 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE6D
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -4.67, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 35.32, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0124 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.086 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3907, 41.9422, 20.5384)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE6D #6D7ABB

analogous

#BB876D #BBAE6D #A1BB6D

triadic

#BBAE6D #6DBBAE #AE6DBB

tetradic

#BBAE6D #6DBB87 #6D7ABB #BB6DA1

square

#BBAE6D #6DBB87 #6D7ABB #BB6DA1

split-complementary

#BBAE6D #6DA1BB #876DBB

monochromatic

#766C37 #A0924B #BBAE6D #CEC597 #E2DCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BBAE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE6D

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE6D	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.086 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c698',
    500: '#bbae6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae6d;
$custom-light: #d1c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74694,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE6D

secondary

#B2B8D1

accent

#6ECC5B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE6D

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

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