#BBAE6F#BBAE6F

#BBAE6F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.084 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE6F
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 40.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -4.45, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 34.29, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0116 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.084 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.4996, 41.9858, 21.1119)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE6F #6F7CBB

analogous

#BB886F #BBAE6F #A2BB6F

triadic

#BBAE6F #6FBBAE #AE6FBB

tetradic

#BBAE6F #6FBB88 #6F7CBB #BB6FA2

square

#BBAE6F #6FBB88 #6F7CBB #BB6FA2

split-complementary

#BBAE6F #6FA2BB #886FBB

monochromatic

#776D38 #A1924C #BBAE6F #CFC599 #E2DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAE6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBAE6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE6F

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE6F	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.084 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c699',
    500: '#bbae6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae6f;
$custom-light: #d1c699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.737,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74728,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.41985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE6F

secondary

#B4B9D2

accent

#6FCC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE6F

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

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