#BBB165#BBB165

#BBB165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.098 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB165
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -7.08, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 40.61, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0201 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.098 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5656, 42.9499, 18.5680)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB165 #656FBB

analogous

#BB8665 #BBB165 #9ABB65

triadic

#BBB165 #65BBB1 #B165BB

tetradic

#BBB165 #65BB86 #656FBB #BB659A

square

#BBB165 #65BB86 #656FBB #BB659A

split-complementary

#BBB165 #659ABB #8665BB

monochromatic

#736B33 #9D9345 #BBB165 #CEC78F #E0DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BBB165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB165

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB165	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)

#BDAD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.098 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c892',
    500: '#bbb165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb165;
$custom-light: #d1c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75204,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB165

secondary

#ACB0D0

accent

#67CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB165

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

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