#BBB162#BBB162

#BBB162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB162
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -7.38, 41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 42.11, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0213 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.101 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4213, 42.8921, 17.8080)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB162 #626CBB

analogous

#BB8462 #BBB162 #98BB62

triadic

#BBB162 #62BBB1 #B162BB

tetradic

#BBB162 #62BB84 #626CBB #BB6298

square

#BBB162 #62BB84 #626CBB #BB6298

split-complementary

#BBB162 #6298BB #8462BB

monochromatic

#716A31 #9C9244 #BBB162 #CDC68D #E0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BBB162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB162

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB162	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c890',
    500: '#bbb162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb162;
$custom-light: #d1c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7516,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB162

secondary

#AAAECF

accent

#66CF58

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB162

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

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