#BBAE73#BBAE73

#BBAE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.079 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE73
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -4.00, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 32.23, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.01 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.079 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7248, 42.0759, 22.2979)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE73 #7380BB

analogous

#BB8A73 #BBAE73 #A4BB73

triadic

#BBAE73 #73BBAE #AE73BB

tetradic

#BBAE73 #73BB8A #7380BB #BB73A4

square

#BBAE73 #73BB8A #7380BB #BB73A4

split-complementary

#BBAE73 #73A4BB #8A73BB

monochromatic

#796E3B #A2934F #BBAE73 #CFC69C #E3DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BBAE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE73

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE73	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)

#B9AB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.079 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69c',
    500: '#bbae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae73;
$custom-light: #d0c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74797,
    "c": 0.07934,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE73

secondary

#B7BCD3

accent

#71CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE73

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

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