#BBB055#BBB055

#BBB055 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB055
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -8.01, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 48.02, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0245 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.114 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6597, 42.2727, 14.7683)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB055 #5560BB

analogous

#BB7D55 #BBB055 #93BB55

triadic

#BBB055 #55BBB0 #B055BB

tetradic

#BBB055 #55BB7D #5560BB #BB5593

square

#BBB055 #55BB7D #5560BB #BB5593

split-complementary

#BBB055 #5593BB #7D55BB

monochromatic

#6B642B #978D3C #BBB055 #CCC481 #DED9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BBB055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB055

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB055	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)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c788',
    500: '#bbb055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb055;
$custom-light: #d2c788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB055

secondary

#A0A5CC

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB055

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

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