#BBAE72#BBAE72

#BBAE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.081 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE72
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -4.11, 32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 32.75, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0104 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.081 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6676, 42.0530, 21.9965)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE72 #727FBB

analogous

#BB8A72 #BBAE72 #A4BB72

triadic

#BBAE72 #72BBAE #AE72BB

tetradic

#BBAE72 #72BB8A #727FBB #BB72A4

square

#BBAE72 #72BB8A #727FBB #BB72A4

split-complementary

#BBAE72 #72A4BB #8A72BB

monochromatic

#786D3A #A2934E #BBAE72 #CFC69B #E3DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BBAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE72

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE72	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)

#B9AB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.081 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69b',
    500: '#bbae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae72;
$custom-light: #d0c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74779,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE72

secondary

#B6BBD3

accent

#70CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE72

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

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