#BBAE75#BBAE75

#BBAE75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.077 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE75
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 117)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -3.77, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 31.19, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0092 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.077 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8411, 42.1224, 22.9106)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE75 #7582BB

analogous

#BB8B75 #BBAE75 #A5BB75

triadic

#BBAE75 #75BBAE #AE75BB

tetradic

#BBAE75 #75BB8B #7582BB #BB75A5

square

#BBAE75 #75BB8B #7582BB #BB75A5

split-complementary

#BBAE75 #75A5BB #8B75BB

monochromatic

#7A6E3C #A39350 #BBAE75 #CFC69E #E3DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAE75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BBAE75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE75

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE75	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.077 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69d',
    500: '#bbae75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae75;
$custom-light: #d0c69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74833,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE75

secondary

#B8BDD3

accent

#72CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE75

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

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