#BBB16E#BBB16E

#BBB16E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.088 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB16E
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -6.15, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 36.06, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0166 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.088 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0309, 43.1360, 21.0189)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB16E #6E78BB

analogous

#BB8A6E #BBB16E #9EBB6E

triadic

#BBB16E #6EBBB1 #B16EBB

tetradic

#BBB16E #6EBB8A #6E78BB #BB6E9E

square

#BBB16E #6EBB8A #6E78BB #BB6E9E

split-complementary

#BBB16E #6E9EBB #8A6EBB

monochromatic

#776F38 #A1954B #BBB16E #CFC798 #E2DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BBB16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB16E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB16E	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.088 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c898',
    500: '#bbb16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb16e;
$custom-light: #d1c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75345,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB16E

secondary

#B3B7D2

accent

#6ACC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB16E

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

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