#BBB05E#BBB05E

#BBB05E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.105 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB05E
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -7.23, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 43.67, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0213 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.105 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0403, 42.4249, 16.7725)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB05E #5E69BB

analogous

#BB815E #BBB05E #98BB5E

triadic

#BBB05E #5EBBB0 #B05EBB

tetradic

#BBB05E #5EBB81 #5E69BB #BB5E98

square

#BBB05E #5EBB81 #5E69BB #BB5E98

split-complementary

#BBB05E #5E98BB #815EBB

monochromatic

#70682F #9B9041 #BBB05E #CDC589 #DFDAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBB05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB05E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB05E	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)

#BDAB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.105 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c78d',
    500: '#bbb05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb05e;
$custom-light: #d1c78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74891,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB05E

secondary

#A7ACCE

accent

#66D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB05E

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

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