#BBAE85#BBAE85

#BBAE85 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.058 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE85
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 133)
HSL	hsl(46, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -1.75, 22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 22.84, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0026 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.058 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8635, 42.5314, 28.2952)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE85 #8592BB

analogous

#BB9385 #BBAE85 #ADBB85

triadic

#BBAE85 #85BBAE #AE85BB

tetradic

#BBAE85 #85BB93 #8592BB #BB85AD

square

#BBAE85 #85BB93 #8592BB #BB85AD

split-complementary

#BBAE85 #85ADBB #9385BB

monochromatic

#7F7147 #A5945E #BBAE85 #D1C8AC #E7E2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BBAE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE85

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE85	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.058 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a8',
    500: '#bbae85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae85;
$custom-light: #d0c6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75146,
    "c": 0.05756,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE85

secondary

#C4C9D8

accent

#58A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE85

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

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