#BBAE87#BBAE87

#BBAE87 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.055 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE87
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(45, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -1.48, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 21.80, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0017 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.055 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0030, 42.5872, 29.0299)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE87 #8794BB

analogous

#BB9487 #BBAE87 #AEBB87

triadic

#BBAE87 #87BBAE #AE87BB

tetradic

#BBAE87 #87BB94 #8794BB #BB87AE

square

#BBAE87 #87BB94 #8794BB #BB87AE

split-complementary

#BBAE87 #87AEBB #9487BB

monochromatic

#7F7248 #A59460 #BBAE87 #D1C8AE #E7E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBAE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BBAE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE87

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE87	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.055 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6aa',
    500: '#bbae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae87;
$custom-light: #d0c6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75189,
    "c": 0.05507,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE87

secondary

#C6CAD8

accent

#59A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE87

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

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