#BBB16A#BBB16A

#BBB16A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.093 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB16A
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 43.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -6.57, 37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 38.09, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0182 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.093 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8180, 43.0508, 19.8977)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB16A #6A74BB

analogous

#BB896A #BBB16A #9CBB6A

triadic

#BBB16A #6ABBB1 #B16ABB

tetradic

#BBB16A #6ABB89 #6A74BB #BB6A9C

square

#BBB16A #6ABB89 #6A74BB #BB6A9C

split-complementary

#BBB16A #6A9CBB #896ABB

monochromatic

#756D35 #9F9449 #BBB16A #CEC794 #E1DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBB16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB16A

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB16A	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)

#BDAD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.093 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c896',
    500: '#bbb16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb16a;
$custom-light: #d1c896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7528,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB16A

secondary

#B0B4D1

accent

#69CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB16A

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

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