#BBB05F#BBB05F

#BBB05F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.104 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB05F
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -7.14, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 43.18, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0209 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.104 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0855, 42.4429, 17.0104)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB05F #5F6ABB

analogous

#BB825F #BBB05F #98BB5F

triadic

#BBB05F #5FBBB0 #B05FBB

tetradic

#BBB05F #5FBB82 #5F6ABB #BB5F98

square

#BBB05F #5FBB82 #5F6ABB #BB5F98

split-complementary

#BBB05F #5F98BB #825FBB

monochromatic

#706830 #9B9042 #BBB05F #CDC58A #E0DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB05F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BBB05F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB05F

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB05F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB05F	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb05f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.104 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c78e',
    500: '#bbb05f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb05f;
$custom-light: #d1c78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb05f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB05F

secondary

#A8ACCE

accent

#66D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB05F

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

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