#BBAE7A#BBAE7A

#BBAE7A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.071 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE7A
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 122)
HSL	hsl(48, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 34.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -3.17, 28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 28.59, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0071 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.071 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1430, 42.2432, 24.5004)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE7A #7A87BB

analogous

#BB8D7A #BBAE7A #A7BB7A

triadic

#BBAE7A #7ABBAE #AE7ABB

tetradic

#BBAE7A #7ABB8D #7A87BB #BB7AA7

square

#BBAE7A #7ABB8D #7A87BB #BB7AA7

split-complementary

#BBAE7A #7AA7BB #8D7ABB

monochromatic

#7B6F3F #A49454 #BBAE7A #D0C7A2 #E4DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAE7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BBAE7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE7A

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE7A	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.071 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a1',
    500: '#bbae7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae7a;
$custom-light: #d0c6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 32.338,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.07101,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE7A

secondary

#BCC1D5

accent

#51AB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE7A

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

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