#BBB160#BBB160

#BBB160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.103 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB160
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -7.57, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 43.10, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.022 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.104 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3280, 42.8548, 17.3169)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB160 #606ABB

analogous

#BB8460 #BBB160 #97BB60

triadic

#BBB160 #60BBB1 #B160BB

tetradic

#BBB160 #60BB84 #606ABB #BB6097

square

#BBB160 #60BB84 #606ABB #BB6097

split-complementary

#BBB160 #6097BB #8460BB

monochromatic

#706930 #9B9242 #BBB160 #CDC68B #E0DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BBB160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB160

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB160	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#BEAC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.103 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88f',
    500: '#bbb160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb160;
$custom-light: #d1c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.407,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75132,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB160

secondary

#A8ADCE

accent

#65D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB160

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

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