#BBB158#BBB158

#BBB158 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB158
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 88)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -8.28, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 46.99, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0249 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.112 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9783, 42.7149, 15.4749)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB158 #5862BB

analogous

#BB8058 #BBB158 #94BB58

triadic

#BBB158 #58BBB1 #B158BB

tetradic

#BBB158 #58BB80 #5862BB #BB5894

square

#BBB158 #58BB80 #5862BB #BB5894

split-complementary

#BBB158 #5894BB #8058BB

monochromatic

#6C662C #988F3E #BBB158 #CDC583 #DEDAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BBB158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB158

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB158	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)

#BFAC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88a',
    500: '#bbb158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb158;
$custom-light: #d2c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75025,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB158

secondary

#A2A7CD

accent

#62D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB158

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

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