#BBB053#BBB053

#BBB053 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB053
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -8.17, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 48.96, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0252 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.115 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5814, 42.2413, 14.3557)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB053 #535EBB

analogous

#BB7C53 #BBB053 #92BB53

triadic

#BBB053 #53BBB0 #B053BB

tetradic

#BBB053 #53BB7C #535EBB #BB5392

square

#BBB053 #53BB7C #535EBB #BB5392

split-complementary

#BBB053 #5392BB #7C53BB

monochromatic

#6A632A #968C3B #BBB053 #CCC47F #DED8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BBB053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB053

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB053	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c786',
    500: '#bbb053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb053;
$custom-light: #d2c786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7475,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB053

secondary

#9EA3CB

accent

#62D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB053

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

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