#BBAE83#BBAE83

#BBAE83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.060 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE83
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 131)
HSL	hsl(46, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 29.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -2.02, 23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 23.89, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0034 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.06 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7267, 42.4766, 27.5744)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE83 #8390BB

analogous

#BB9283 #BBAE83 #ACBB83

triadic

#BBAE83 #83BBAE #AE83BB

tetradic

#BBAE83 #83BB92 #8390BB #BB83AC

square

#BBAE83 #83BB92 #8390BB #BB83AC

split-complementary

#BBAE83 #83ACBB #9283BB

monochromatic

#7E7145 #A5945B #BBAE83 #D1C8AB #E6E2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAE83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BBAE83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE83

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE83	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.060 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a7',
    500: '#bbae83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae83;
$custom-light: #d0c6a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75104,
    "c": 0.06003,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE83

secondary

#C3C7D7

accent

#56A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE83

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

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