#BBAE86#BBAE86

#BBAE86 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.056 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE86
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 134)
HSL	hsl(45, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -1.61, 22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 22.32, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0022 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.056 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9329, 42.5591, 28.6608)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE86 #8693BB

analogous

#BB9386 #BBAE86 #ADBB86

triadic

#BBAE86 #86BBAE #AE86BB

tetradic

#BBAE86 #86BB93 #8693BB #BB86AD

square

#BBAE86 #86BB93 #8693BB #BB86AD

split-complementary

#BBAE86 #86ADBB #9386BB

monochromatic

#7F7147 #A5945F #BBAE86 #D1C8AD #E7E2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BBAE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE86

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE86	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)

#B7AC83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.056 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6a9',
    500: '#bbae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae86;
$custom-light: #d0c6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.05631,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE86

secondary

#C5CAD8

accent

#58A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE86

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

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