#BBB16F#BBB16F

#BBB16F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.087 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB16F
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 111)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 40.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -6.04, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 35.54, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0162 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.087 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0857, 43.1579, 21.3072)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB16F #6F79BB

analogous

#BB8B6F #BBB16F #9FBB6F

triadic

#BBB16F #6FBBB1 #B16FBB

tetradic

#BBB16F #6FBB8B #6F79BB #BB6F9F

square

#BBB16F #6FBB8B #6F79BB #BB6F9F

split-complementary

#BBB16F #6F9FBB #8B6FBB

monochromatic

#776F38 #A1964C #BBB16F #CFC899 #E2DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BBB16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB16F

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB16F	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)

#BDAD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.087 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c899',
    500: '#bbb16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb16f;
$custom-light: #d1c899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB16F

secondary

#B4B8D2

accent

#6BCC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB16F

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

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