#BBB15C#BBB15C

#BBB15C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.108 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB15C
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -7.93, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 45.06, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0235 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.108 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1485, 42.7830, 16.3716)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB15C #5C66BB

analogous

#BB815C #BBB15C #96BB5C

triadic

#BBB15C #5CBBB1 #B15CBB

tetradic

#BBB15C #5CBB81 #5C66BB #BB5C96

square

#BBB15C #5CBB81 #5C66BB #BB5C96

split-complementary

#BBB15C #5C96BB #815CBB

monochromatic

#6F682E #9A9040 #BBB15C #CDC687 #DFDAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBB15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB15C

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB15C	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.108 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88c',
    500: '#bbb15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb15c;
$custom-light: #d1c88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75077,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB15C

secondary

#A5AACD

accent

#64D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB15C

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

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