#BBAE78#BBAE78

#BBAE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.073 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE78
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -3.41, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 29.64, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.008 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.073 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0204, 42.1941, 23.8545)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE78 #7885BB

analogous

#BB8C78 #BBAE78 #A7BB78

triadic

#BBAE78 #78BBAE #AE78BB

tetradic

#BBAE78 #78BB8C #7885BB #BB78A7

square

#BBAE78 #78BB8C #7885BB #BB78A7

split-complementary

#BBAE78 #78A7BB #8C78BB

monochromatic

#7B6F3E #A39452 #BBAE78 #D0C6A1 #E4DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BBAE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE78

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE78	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.073 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69f',
    500: '#bbae78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae78;
$custom-light: #d0c69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74888,
    "c": 0.07341,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE78

secondary

#BBC0D4

accent

#50AC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE78

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

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