#BBB256#BBB256

#BBB256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB256
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -8.97, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 48.34, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0271 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.115 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0948, 43.0787, 15.1106)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB256 #565FBB

analogous

#BB7F56 #BBB256 #91BB56

triadic

#BBB256 #56BBB2 #B256BB

tetradic

#BBB256 #56BB7F #565FBB #BB5691

square

#BBB256 #56BB7F #565FBB #BB5691

split-complementary

#BBB256 #5691BB #7F56BB

monochromatic

#6B662B #978F3D #BBB256 #CDC682 #DEDAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BBB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB256

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB256	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c888',
    500: '#bbb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb256;
$custom-light: #d2c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75214,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB256

secondary

#A1A5CC

accent

#61D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB256

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

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