#BBB153#BBB153

#BBB153 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB153
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -8.70, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 49.35, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0267 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.116 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7782, 42.6349, 14.4213)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB153 #535DBB

analogous

#BB7D53 #BBB153 #91BB53

triadic

#BBB153 #53BBB1 #B153BB

tetradic

#BBB153 #53BB7D #535DBB #BB5391

square

#BBB153 #53BB7D #535DBB #BB5391

split-complementary

#BBB153 #5391BB #7D53BB

monochromatic

#6A642A #968D3B #BBB153 #CCC57F #DED9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBB153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB153

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB153	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c886',
    500: '#bbb153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb153;
$custom-light: #d2c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74964,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB153

secondary

#9EA3CB

accent

#61D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB153

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

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