#BBB05B#BBB05B

#BBB05B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.108 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB05B
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -7.50, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 45.14, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0224 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.108 102)
XYZ	xyz(37.9083, 42.3721, 16.0773)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB05B #5B66BB

analogous

#BB805B #BBB05B #96BB5B

triadic

#BBB05B #5BBBB0 #B05BBB

tetradic

#BBB05B #5BBB80 #5B66BB #BB5B96

square

#BBB05B #5BBB80 #5B66BB #BB5B96

split-complementary

#BBB05B #5B96BB #805BBB

monochromatic

#6E672E #998F40 #BBB05B #CDC586 #DFDAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BBB05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB05B

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB05B	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)

#BDAB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.108 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c78b',
    500: '#bbb05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb05b;
$custom-light: #d1c78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7485,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.42371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB05B

secondary

#A5A9CD

accent

#65D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB05B

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

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