#BBB150#BBB150

#BBB150 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB150
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -8.93, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 50.75, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0277 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.119 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6649, 42.5896, 13.8244)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB150 #505ABB

analogous

#BB7C50 #BBB150 #8FBB50

triadic

#BBB150 #50BBB1 #B150BB

tetradic

#BBB150 #50BB7C #505ABB #BB508F

square

#BBB150 #50BB7C #505ABB #BB508F

split-complementary

#BBB150 #508FBB #7C50BB

monochromatic

#686228 #948C3A #BBB150 #CCC57C #DDD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BBB150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB150

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB150	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c884',
    500: '#bbb150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb150;
$custom-light: #d2c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7493,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB150

secondary

#9CA0CB

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB150

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

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