#BBAE76#BBAE76

#BBAE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.076 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE76
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 36.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -3.65, 30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 30.68, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0088 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.076 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9002, 42.1461, 23.2219)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE76 #7683BB

analogous

#BB8C76 #BBAE76 #A5BB76

triadic

#BBAE76 #76BBAE #AE76BB

tetradic

#BBAE76 #76BB8C #7683BB #BB76A5

square

#BBAE76 #76BB8C #7683BB #BB76A5

split-complementary

#BBAE76 #76A5BB #8C76BB

monochromatic

#7A6E3D #A39351 #BBAE76 #CFC69F #E4DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BBAE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE76

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE76	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.076 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69e',
    500: '#bbae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae76;
$custom-light: #d0c69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 33.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74851,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE76

secondary

#B9BED4

accent

#72CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE76

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

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