#BBB157#BBB157

#BBB157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.113 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB157
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -8.37, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 47.46, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0253 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.113 103)
XYZ	xyz(37.9371, 42.6985, 15.2582)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB157 #5761BB

analogous

#BB7F57 #BBB157 #93BB57

triadic

#BBB157 #57BBB1 #B157BB

tetradic

#BBB157 #57BB7F #5761BB #BB5793

square

#BBB157 #57BB7F #5761BB #BB5793

split-complementary

#BBB157 #5793BB #7F57BB

monochromatic

#6C652C #978E3D #BBB157 #CDC583 #DED9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BBB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB157

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB157	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)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.113 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c889',
    500: '#bbb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb157;
$custom-light: #d2c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75013,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.42697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB157

secondary

#A2A6CC

accent

#62D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB157

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

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