#BBAE7F#BBAE7F

#BBAE7F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.065 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE7F
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 127)
HSL	hsl(47, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 32.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -2.54, 25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 25.98, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0051 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.065 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4608, 42.3703, 26.1742)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE7F #7F8CBB

analogous

#BB907F #BBAE7F #AABB7F

triadic

#BBAE7F #7FBBAE #AE7FBB

tetradic

#BBAE7F #7FBB90 #7F8CBB #BB7FAA

square

#BBAE7F #7FBB90 #7F8CBB #BB7FAA

split-complementary

#BBAE7F #7FAABB #907FBB

monochromatic

#7D7042 #A59458 #BBAE7F #D0C7A7 #E5E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAE7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BBAE7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE7F

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE7F	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)

#B8AC7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.065 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a4',
    500: '#bbae7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae7f;
$custom-light: #d0c6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75023,
    "c": 0.06495,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE7F

secondary

#C0C5D6

accent

#54A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE7F

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

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