#BBAE6E#BBAE6E

#BBAE6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.085 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE6E
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -4.56, 34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 34.81, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.012 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.085 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4449, 41.9639, 20.8235)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE6E #6E7BBB

analogous

#BB876E #BBAE6E #A1BB6E

triadic

#BBAE6E #6EBBAE #AE6EBB

tetradic

#BBAE6E #6EBB87 #6E7BBB #BB6EA1

square

#BBAE6E #6EBB87 #6E7BBB #BB6EA1

split-complementary

#BBAE6E #6EA1BB #876EBB

monochromatic

#776C38 #A1924B #BBAE6E #CFC598 #E2DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BBAE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE6E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE6E	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)

#BAAB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.085 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c698',
    500: '#bbae6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae6e;
$custom-light: #d1c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74711,
    "c": 0.08512,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE6E

secondary

#B3B8D2

accent

#6FCC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE6E

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

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