#BBB061#BBB061

#BBB061 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB061
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -6.95, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 42.19, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0201 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.101 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1775, 42.4798, 17.4953)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB061 #616CBB

analogous

#BB8361 #BBB061 #99BB61

triadic

#BBB061 #61BBB0 #B061BB

tetradic

#BBB061 #61BB83 #616CBB #BB6199

square

#BBB061 #61BB83 #616CBB #BB6199

split-complementary

#BBB061 #6199BB #8361BB

monochromatic

#716931 #9C9143 #BBB061 #CDC58C #E0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB061 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BBB061 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB061

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB061	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB061	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb061;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c78f',
    500: '#bbb061',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb061;
$custom-light: #d1c78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb061",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74933,
    "c": 0.10144,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB061

secondary

#A9AECF

accent

#67D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB061

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

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