#BBB15F#BBB15F

#BBB15F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.105 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB15F
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -7.66, 42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 43.59, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0224 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.105 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2823, 42.8365, 17.0760)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB15F #5F69BB

analogous

#BB835F #BBB15F #97BB5F

triadic

#BBB15F #5FBBB1 #B15FBB

tetradic

#BBB15F #5FBB83 #5F69BB #BB5F97

square

#BBB15F #5FBB83 #5F69BB #BB5F97

split-complementary

#BBB15F #5F97BB #835FBB

monochromatic

#706930 #9B9142 #BBB15F #CDC68A #E0DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BBB15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB15F

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB15F	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.105 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88e',
    500: '#bbb15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb15f;
$custom-light: #d1c88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75118,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB15F

secondary

#A8ACCE

accent

#65D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB15F

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

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