#BBB156#BBB156

#BBB156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB156
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -8.45, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 47.94, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0256 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.114 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8965, 42.6823, 15.0446)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB156 #5660BB

analogous

#BB7E56 #BBB156 #92BB56

triadic

#BBB156 #56BBB1 #B156BB

tetradic

#BBB156 #56BB7E #5660BB #BB5692

square

#BBB156 #56BB7E #5660BB #BB5692

split-complementary

#BBB156 #5692BB #7E56BB

monochromatic

#6B652B #978E3D #BBB156 #CDC582 #DED9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BBB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB156

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB156	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c888',
    500: '#bbb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb156;
$custom-light: #d2c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.059,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB156

secondary

#A1A5CC

accent

#62D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB156

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

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