#BBAE7B#BBAE7B

#BBAE7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.070 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE7B
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 123)
HSL	hsl(48, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 34.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -3.04, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 28.07, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0067 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.07 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2053, 42.2681, 24.8284)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE7B #7B88BB

analogous

#BB8E7B #BBAE7B #A8BB7B

triadic

#BBAE7B #7BBBAE #AE7BBB

tetradic

#BBAE7B #7BBB8E #7B88BB #BB7BA8

square

#BBAE7B #7BBB8E #7B88BB #BB7BA8

split-complementary

#BBAE7B #7BA8BB #8E7BBB

monochromatic

#7C7040 #A49455 #BBAE7B #D0C7A3 #E5E0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAE7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BBAE7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE7B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE7B	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)

#B8AB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.070 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a1',
    500: '#bbae7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae7b;
$custom-light: #d0c6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74944,
    "c": 0.06981,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE7B

secondary

#BDC2D5

accent

#52AB3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE7B

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

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