#BBB252#BBB252

#BBB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB252
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -9.30, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 50.22, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0285 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.118 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9381, 43.0161, 14.2855)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB252 #525BBB

analogous

#BB7D52 #BBB252 #8FBB52

triadic

#BBB252 #52BBB2 #B252BB

tetradic

#BBB252 #52BB7D #525BBB #BB528F

square

#BBB252 #52BB7D #525BBB #BB528F

split-complementary

#BBB252 #528FBB #7D52BB

monochromatic

#696429 #958D3B #BBB252 #CCC67E #DED9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BBB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB252

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB252	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c886',
    500: '#bbb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb252;
$custom-light: #d2c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB252

secondary

#9EA2CB

accent

#5FD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB252

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

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