#BBB15E#BBB15E

#BBB15E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.106 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB15E
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -7.75, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 44.08, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0228 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.106 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2371, 42.8185, 16.8381)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB15E #5E68BB

analogous

#BB825E #BBB15E #97BB5E

triadic

#BBB15E #5EBBB1 #B15EBB

tetradic

#BBB15E #5EBB82 #5E68BB #BB5E97

square

#BBB15E #5EBB82 #5E68BB #BB5E97

split-complementary

#BBB15E #5E97BB #825EBB

monochromatic

#70692F #9B9141 #BBB15E #CDC689 #DFDBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBB15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB15E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB15E	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)

#BEAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.106 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88d',
    500: '#bbb15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb15e;
$custom-light: #d1c88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75104,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB15E

secondary

#A7ABCE

accent

#64D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB15E

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

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