#BBB059#BBB059

#BBB059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB059
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -7.68, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 46.10, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0231 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.11 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8232, 42.3380, 15.6289)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB059 #5964BB

analogous

#BB7F59 #BBB059 #95BB59

triadic

#BBB059 #59BBB0 #B059BB

tetradic

#BBB059 #59BB7F #5964BB #BB5995

square

#BBB059 #59BB7F #5964BB #BB5995

split-complementary

#BBB059 #5995BB #7F59BB

monochromatic

#6D662D #988E3E #BBB059 #CDC584 #DFD9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BBB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB059

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB059	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c78a',
    500: '#bbb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb059;
$custom-light: #d1c78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.265,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74824,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB059

secondary

#A3A8CD

accent

#64D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB059

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

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