#BBAE7E#BBAE7E

#BBAE7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.066 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE7E
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 126)
HSL	hsl(47, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 32.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -2.67, 26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 26.51, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0055 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.066 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3960, 42.3443, 25.8326)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE7E #7E8BBB

analogous

#BB907E #BBAE7E #AABB7E

triadic

#BBAE7E #7EBBAE #AE7EBB

tetradic

#BBAE7E #7EBB90 #7E8BBB #BB7EAA

square

#BBAE7E #7EBB90 #7E8BBB #BB7EAA

split-complementary

#BBAE7E #7EAABB #907EBB

monochromatic

#7D7042 #A59457 #BBAE7E #D0C7A6 #E5E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BBAE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE7E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE7E	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.066 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a3',
    500: '#bbae7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae7e;
$custom-light: #d0c6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 30.964,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75003,
    "c": 0.06617,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE7E

secondary

#BFC4D6

accent

#53AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE7E

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

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