#BBB164#BBB164

#BBB164 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.099 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB164
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 100)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 46.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -7.18, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 41.11, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0205 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.099 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5169, 42.9304, 18.3116)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB164 #646EBB

analogous

#BB8664 #BBB164 #9ABB64

triadic

#BBB164 #64BBB1 #B164BB

tetradic

#BBB164 #64BB86 #646EBB #BB649A

square

#BBB164 #64BB86 #646EBB #BB649A

split-complementary

#BBB164 #649ABB #8664BB

monochromatic

#726B32 #9D9345 #BBB164 #CEC68F #E0DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BBB164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB164

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB164	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.099 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c892',
    500: '#bbb164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb164;
$custom-light: #d1c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 39.013,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75189,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB164

secondary

#ABB0CF

accent

#66CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB164

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

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