#BBB16C#BBB16C

#BBB16C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.090 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB16C
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 108)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 42.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -6.36, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 37.08, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0174 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.09 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9232, 43.0929, 20.4519)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB16C #6C76BB

analogous

#BB896C #BBB16C #9DBB6C

triadic

#BBB16C #6CBBB1 #B16CBB

tetradic

#BBB16C #6CBB89 #6C76BB #BB6C9D

square

#BBB16C #6CBB89 #6C76BB #BB6C9D

split-complementary

#BBB16C #6C9DBB #896CBB

monochromatic

#766E37 #A0954A #BBB16C #CEC796 #E2DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BBB16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB16C

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB16C	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.090 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c897',
    500: '#bbb16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb16c;
$custom-light: #d1c897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75312,
    "c": 0.09044,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB16C

secondary

#B2B6D1

accent

#69CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB16C

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

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