#BBAE7D#BBAE7D

#BBAE7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.067 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE7D
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 125)
HSL	hsl(47, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 33.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -2.79, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 27.03, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0059 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.067 95)
XYZ	xyz(39.3317, 42.3187, 25.4945)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE7D #7D8ABB

analogous

#BB8F7D #BBAE7D #A9BB7D

triadic

#BBAE7D #7DBBAE #AE7DBB

tetradic

#BBAE7D #7DBB8F #7D8ABB #BB7DA9

square

#BBAE7D #7DBB8F #7D8ABB #BB7DA9

split-complementary

#BBAE7D #7DA9BB #8F7DBB

monochromatic

#7C7041 #A59456 #BBAE7D #D0C7A5 #E5E0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAE7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBAE7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE7D

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE7D	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)

#B8AC7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.067 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a3',
    500: '#bbae7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae7d;
$custom-light: #d0c6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74983,
    "c": 0.06739,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.42318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE7D

secondary

#BEC3D6

accent

#53AA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE7D

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

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