#BBB05D#BBB05D

#BBB05D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB05D
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -7.32, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 44.16, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0216 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9957, 42.4071, 16.5377)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB05D #5D68BB

analogous

#BB815D #BBB05D #97BB5D

triadic

#BBB05D #5DBBB0 #B05DBB

tetradic

#BBB05D #5DBB81 #5D68BB #BB5D97

square

#BBB05D #5DBB81 #5D68BB #BB5D97

split-complementary

#BBB05D #5D97BB #815DBB

monochromatic

#6F672F #9A9041 #BBB05D #CDC588 #DFDAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBB05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB05D

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB05D	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BDAB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c78d',
    500: '#bbb05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb05d;
$custom-light: #d1c78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB05D

secondary

#A6ABCE

accent

#65D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB05D

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

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