#BBB159#BBB159

#BBB159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB159
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -8.20, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 46.51, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0246 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.111 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0200, 42.7316, 15.6945)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB159 #5963BB

analogous

#BB8059 #BBB159 #94BB59

triadic

#BBB159 #59BBB1 #B159BB

tetradic

#BBB159 #59BB80 #5963BB #BB5994

square

#BBB159 #59BB80 #5963BB #BB5994

split-complementary

#BBB159 #5994BB #8059BB

monochromatic

#6D662D #988F3E #BBB159 #CDC584 #DFDAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BBB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB159

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB159	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88a',
    500: '#bbb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb159;
$custom-light: #d1c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75038,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB159

secondary

#A3A7CD

accent

#63D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB159

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

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