#BBB255#BBB255

#BBB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.116 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB255
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -9.06, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 48.81, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0275 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.116 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0548, 43.0627, 14.8999)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB255 #555EBB

analogous

#BB7F55 #BBB255 #91BB55

triadic

#BBB255 #55BBB2 #B255BB

tetradic

#BBB255 #55BB7F #555EBB #BB5591

square

#BBB255 #55BB7F #555EBB #BB5591

split-complementary

#BBB255 #5591BB #7F55BB

monochromatic

#6B652B #978F3C #BBB255 #CCC681 #DEDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB255

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB255	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.116 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c888',
    500: '#bbb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb255;
$custom-light: #d2c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75202,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB255

secondary

#A0A4CC

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB255

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

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