#BBAE84#BBAE84

#BBAE84 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.059 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE84
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 132)
HSL	hsl(46, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 29.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -1.88, 23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 23.37, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.003 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.059 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7948, 42.5039, 27.9331)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE84 #8491BB

analogous

#BB9284 #BBAE84 #ADBB84

triadic

#BBAE84 #84BBAE #AE84BB

tetradic

#BBAE84 #84BB92 #8491BB #BB84AD

square

#BBAE84 #84BB92 #8491BB #BB84AD

split-complementary

#BBAE84 #84ADBB #9284BB

monochromatic

#7F7146 #A5945D #BBAE84 #D1C8AB #E7E2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAE84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BBAE84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE84

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE84	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)

#B7AC81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.059 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a8',
    500: '#bbae84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae84;
$custom-light: #d0c6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 28.796,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75125,
    "c": 0.0588,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE84

secondary

#C3C8D7

accent

#57A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE84

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

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