#BBB05C#BBB05C

#BBB05C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.107 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB05C
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -7.41, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 44.65, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.022 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.107 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9517, 42.3895, 16.3060)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB05C #5C67BB

analogous

#BB815C #BBB05C #96BB5C

triadic

#BBB05C #5CBBB0 #B05CBB

tetradic

#BBB05C #5CBB81 #5C67BB #BB5C96

square

#BBB05C #5CBB81 #5C67BB #BB5C96

split-complementary

#BBB05C #5C96BB #815CBB

monochromatic

#6F672E #9A8F40 #BBB05C #CDC587 #DFDAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB05C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBB05C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB05C

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB05C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB05C	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.107 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c78c',
    500: '#bbb05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb05c;
$custom-light: #d1c78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB05C

secondary

#A5AACD

accent

#65D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB05C

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

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