#BBB253#BBB253

#BBB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB253
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -9.22, 48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 49.75, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0282 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.117 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9764, 43.0314, 14.4874)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB253 #535CBB

analogous

#BB7E53 #BBB253 #90BB53

triadic

#BBB253 #53BBB2 #B253BB

tetradic

#BBB253 #53BB7E #535CBB #BB5390

square

#BBB253 #53BB7E #535CBB #BB5390

split-complementary

#BBB253 #5390BB #7E53BB

monochromatic

#6A642A #968E3B #BBB253 #CCC67F #DED9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB253

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB253	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c886',
    500: '#bbb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb253;
$custom-light: #d2c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB253

secondary

#9EA2CB

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB253

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

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