#BBAE80#BBAE80

#BBAE80 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.064 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE80
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 128)
HSL	hsl(47, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 31.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -2.41, 25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 25.46, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0047 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.064 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5263, 42.3965, 26.5191)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE80 #808DBB

analogous

#BB9180 #BBAE80 #ABBB80

triadic

#BBAE80 #80BBAE #AE80BB

tetradic

#BBAE80 #80BB91 #808DBB #BB80AB

square

#BBAE80 #80BB91 #808DBB #BB80AB

split-complementary

#BBAE80 #80ABBB #9180BB

monochromatic

#7D7143 #A59459 #BBAE80 #D0C7A8 #E6E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAE80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBAE80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE80

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE80	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.064 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a5',
    500: '#bbae80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae80;
$custom-light: #d0c6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75043,
    "c": 0.06372,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE80

secondary

#C0C5D6

accent

#54A93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE80

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

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