#BBAE7C#BBAE7C

#BBAE7C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.069 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE7C
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 124)
HSL	hsl(48, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 33.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -2.92, 27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 27.55, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0063 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.069 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2682, 42.2932, 25.1598)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE7C #7C89BB

analogous

#BB8E7C #BBAE7C #A8BB7C

triadic

#BBAE7C #7CBBAE #AE7CBB

tetradic

#BBAE7C #7CBB8E #7C89BB #BB7CA8

square

#BBAE7C #7CBB8E #7C89BB #BB7CA8

split-complementary

#BBAE7C #7CA8BB #8E7CBB

monochromatic

#7C7040 #A49455 #BBAE7C #D0C7A4 #E5E0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAE7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBAE7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE7C

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE7C	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.069 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a2',
    500: '#bbae7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae7c;
$custom-light: #d0c6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 31.658,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74964,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE7C

secondary

#BEC2D5

accent

#52AA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE7C

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

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