#BBB155#BBB155

#BBB155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB155
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -8.53, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 48.41, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.026 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.115 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8565, 42.6662, 14.8339)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB155 #555FBB

analogous

#BB7E55 #BBB155 #92BB55

triadic

#BBB155 #55BBB1 #B155BB

tetradic

#BBB155 #55BB7E #555FBB #BB5592

square

#BBB155 #55BB7E #555FBB #BB5592

split-complementary

#BBB155 #5592BB #7E55BB

monochromatic

#6B652B #978E3C #BBB155 #CCC581 #DED9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBB155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB155

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB155	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)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c888',
    500: '#bbb155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb155;
$custom-light: #d2c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74988,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB155

secondary

#A0A4CC

accent

#61D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB155

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

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