#BBB15D#BBB15D

#BBB15D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.107 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB15D
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -7.84, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 44.57, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0231 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.107 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1925, 42.8006, 16.6033)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB15D #5D67BB

analogous

#BB825D #BBB15D #96BB5D

triadic

#BBB15D #5DBBB1 #B15DBB

tetradic

#BBB15D #5DBB82 #5D67BB #BB5D96

square

#BBB15D #5DBB82 #5D67BB #BB5D96

split-complementary

#BBB15D #5D96BB #825DBB

monochromatic

#6F682F #9A9141 #BBB15D #CDC688 #DFDBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBB15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB15D

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB15D	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)

#BEAC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.107 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88d',
    500: '#bbb15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb15d;
$custom-light: #d1c88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7509,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB15D

secondary

#A6AACE

accent

#64D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB15D

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

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