#BBAE77#BBAE77

#BBAE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.075 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE77
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -3.53, 29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 30.16, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0084 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.075 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9600, 42.1699, 23.5365)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE77 #7784BB

analogous

#BB8C77 #BBAE77 #A6BB77

triadic

#BBAE77 #77BBAE #AE77BB

tetradic

#BBAE77 #77BB8C #7784BB #BB77A6

square

#BBAE77 #77BB8C #7784BB #BB77A6

split-complementary

#BBAE77 #77A6BB #8C77BB

monochromatic

#7A6F3D #A39452 #BBAE77 #CFC6A0 #E4DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BBAE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE77

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE77	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)

#B9AB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.075 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69f',
    500: '#bbae77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae77;
$custom-light: #d0c69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE77

secondary

#BABFD4

accent

#73C95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE77

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

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