#BBB166#BBB166

#BBB166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.097 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB166
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -6.98, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 40.11, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0197 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.097 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6149, 42.9696, 18.8277)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB166 #6670BB

analogous

#BB8766 #BBB166 #9BBB66

triadic

#BBB166 #66BBB1 #B166BB

tetradic

#BBB166 #66BB87 #6670BB #BB669B

square

#BBB166 #66BB87 #6670BB #BB669B

split-complementary

#BBB166 #669BBB #8766BB

monochromatic

#736C33 #9E9346 #BBB166 #CEC790 #E1DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BBB166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB166

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB166	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)

#BDAD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.097 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c893',
    500: '#bbb166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb166;
$custom-light: #d1c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75219,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB166

secondary

#ADB1D0

accent

#67CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB166

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

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