#BBB163#BBB163

#BBB163 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.100 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB163
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 47.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -7.28, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 41.61, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0209 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.1 102)
XYZ	xyz(38.4688, 42.9111, 18.0582)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB163 #636DBB

analogous

#BB8563 #BBB163 #99BB63

triadic

#BBB163 #63BBB1 #B163BB

tetradic

#BBB163 #63BB85 #636DBB #BB6399

square

#BBB163 #63BB85 #636DBB #BB6399

split-complementary

#BBB163 #6399BB #8563BB

monochromatic

#726B32 #9D9344 #BBB163 #CEC68E #E0DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BBB163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB163

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB163	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)

#BEAC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.100 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c891',
    500: '#bbb163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb163;
$custom-light: #d1c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75174,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.4291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB163

secondary

#ABAFCF

accent

#66CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB163

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

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