#BBB050#BBB050

#BBB050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB050
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -8.41, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 50.35, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0262 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.118 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4681, 42.1960, 13.7589)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB050 #505BBB

analogous

#BB7B50 #BBB050 #90BB50

triadic

#BBB050 #50BBB0 #B050BB

tetradic

#BBB050 #50BB7B #505BBB #BB5090

square

#BBB050 #50BB7B #505BBB #BB5090

split-complementary

#BBB050 #5090BB #7B50BB

monochromatic

#686228 #948B3A #BBB050 #CCC47C #DDD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BBB050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB050

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB050	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c784',
    500: '#bbb050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb050;
$custom-light: #d2c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74715,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB050

secondary

#9CA1CB

accent

#61D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB050

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

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