#BBB16D#BBB16D

#BBB16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.089 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB16D
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -6.25, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 36.57, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.017 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.089 101)
XYZ	xyz(38.9768, 43.1143, 20.7338)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB16D #6D77BB

analogous

#BB8A6D #BBB16D #9EBB6D

triadic

#BBB16D #6DBBB1 #B16DBB

tetradic

#BBB16D #6DBB8A #6D77BB #BB6D9E

square

#BBB16D #6DBB8A #6D77BB #BB6D9E

split-complementary

#BBB16D #6D9EBB #8A6DBB

monochromatic

#766E37 #A0954B #BBB16D #CEC797 #E2DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BBB16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB16D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB16D	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)

#BDAD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.089 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c898',
    500: '#bbb16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb16d;
$custom-light: #d1c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75328,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.43113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB16D

secondary

#B2B6D1

accent

#6ACC5B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB16D

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

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