#BBB169#BBB169

#BBB169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.094 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB169
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -6.68, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 38.60, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0186 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.094 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7663, 43.0302, 19.6254)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB169 #6973BB

analogous

#BB8869 #BBB169 #9CBB69

triadic

#BBB169 #69BBB1 #B169BB

tetradic

#BBB169 #69BB88 #6973BB #BB699C

square

#BBB169 #69BB88 #6973BB #BB699C

split-complementary

#BBB169 #699CBB #8869BB

monochromatic

#756D35 #9F9448 #BBB169 #CEC793 #E1DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBB169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB169

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB169	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.094 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c895',
    500: '#bbb169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb169;
$custom-light: #d1c895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.0938,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB169

secondary

#AFB3D1

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB169

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

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