#BBAE70#BBAE70

#BBAE70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.083 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE70
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -4.34, 33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 33.78, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0112 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.083 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5550, 42.0079, 21.4035)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE70 #707DBB

analogous

#BB8870 #BBAE70 #A2BB70

triadic

#BBAE70 #70BBAE #AE70BB

tetradic

#BBAE70 #70BB88 #707DBB #BB70A2

square

#BBAE70 #70BB88 #707DBB #BB70A2

split-complementary

#BBAE70 #70A2BB #8870BB

monochromatic

#786D39 #A1934D #BBAE70 #CFC599 #E2DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAE70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBAE70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE70

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE70	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)

#B9AB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.083 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69a',
    500: '#bbae70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae70;
$custom-light: #d1c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74745,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE70

secondary

#B5BAD2

accent

#70CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE70

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

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