#BBB151#BBB151

#BBB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB151
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -8.85, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 50.28, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0273 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.118 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7021, 42.6045, 14.0205)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB151 #515BBB

analogous

#BB7C51 #BBB151 #90BB51

triadic

#BBB151 #51BBB1 #B151BB

tetradic

#BBB151 #51BB7C #515BBB #BB5190

square

#BBB151 #51BB7C #515BBB #BB5190

split-complementary

#BBB151 #5190BB #7C51BB

monochromatic

#696329 #958C3A #BBB151 #CCC57D #DDD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BBB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB151

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB151	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)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c885',
    500: '#bbb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb151;
$custom-light: #d2c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74941,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB151

secondary

#9DA1CB

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB151

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

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