#BBAE81#BBAE81

#BBAE81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.062 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE81
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 129)
HSL	hsl(47, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -2.28, 24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 24.94, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0042 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.062 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5924, 42.4229, 26.8674)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE81 #818EBB

analogous

#BB9181 #BBAE81 #ABBB81

triadic

#BBAE81 #81BBAE #AE81BB

tetradic

#BBAE81 #81BB91 #818EBB #BB81AB

square

#BBAE81 #81BB91 #818EBB #BB81AB

split-complementary

#BBAE81 #81ABBB #9181BB

monochromatic

#7E7144 #A59459 #BBAE81 #D0C8A9 #E6E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBAE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE81

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE81	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#B7AC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.062 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a6',
    500: '#bbae81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae81;
$custom-light: #d0c6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75063,
    "c": 0.06249,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE81

secondary

#C1C6D7

accent

#55A93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE81

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

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