#BBB057#BBB057

#BBB057 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB057
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -7.85, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 47.06, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0238 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.112 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7403, 42.3049, 15.1926)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB057 #5762BB

analogous

#BB7E57 #BBB057 #94BB57

triadic

#BBB057 #57BBB0 #B057BB

tetradic

#BBB057 #57BB7E #5762BB #BB5794

square

#BBB057 #57BB7E #5762BB #BB5794

split-complementary

#BBB057 #5794BB #7E57BB

monochromatic

#6C652C #978E3D #BBB057 #CDC483 #DED9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBB057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB057

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB057	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c789',
    500: '#bbb057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb057;
$custom-light: #d2c789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74799,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB057

secondary

#A2A6CC

accent

#63D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB057

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

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