#BBAE79#BBAE79

#BBAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.072 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE79
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -3.29, 28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 29.12, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0076 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.072 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.0814, 42.2185, 24.1758)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE79 #7986BB

analogous

#BB8D79 #BBAE79 #A7BB79

triadic

#BBAE79 #79BBAE #AE79BB

tetradic

#BBAE79 #79BB8D #7986BB #BB79A7

square

#BBAE79 #79BB8D #7986BB #BB79A7

split-complementary

#BBAE79 #79A7BB #8D79BB

monochromatic

#7B6F3E #A49453 #BBAE79 #D0C7A2 #E4DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BBAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE79

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE79	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)

#B8AB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.072 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a0',
    500: '#bbae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae79;
$custom-light: #d0c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.07222,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE79

secondary

#BBC0D5

accent

#50AB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE79

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

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