#BBAE71#BBAE71

#BBAE71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.082 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE71
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -4.23, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 33.26, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0108 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.082 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6110, 42.0303, 21.6984)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE71 #717EBB

analogous

#BB8971 #BBAE71 #A3BB71

triadic

#BBAE71 #71BBAE #AE71BB

tetradic

#BBAE71 #71BB89 #717EBB #BB71A3

square

#BBAE71 #71BB89 #717EBB #BB71A3

split-complementary

#BBAE71 #71A3BB #8971BB

monochromatic

#786D3A #A1934D #BBAE71 #CFC69A #E3DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAE71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BBAE71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE71

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE71	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.082 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69a',
    500: '#bbae71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae71;
$custom-light: #d0c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74762,
    "c": 0.08166,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE71

secondary

#B5BAD2

accent

#70CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE71

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

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