#BBB161#BBB161

#BBB161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.102 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB161
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -7.47, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 42.60, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0216 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.102 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3743, 42.8734, 17.5609)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB161 #616BBB

analogous

#BB8461 #BBB161 #98BB61

triadic

#BBB161 #61BBB1 #B161BB

tetradic

#BBB161 #61BB84 #616BBB #BB6198

square

#BBB161 #61BB84 #616BBB #BB6198

split-complementary

#BBB161 #6198BB #8461BB

monochromatic

#716A31 #9C9243 #BBB161 #CDC68C #E0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BBB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB161

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB161	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)

#BEAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.102 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88f',
    500: '#bbb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb161;
$custom-light: #d1c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75146,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB161

secondary

#A9ADCF

accent

#65D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB161

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

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