#BBB257#BBB257

#BBB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB257
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -8.89, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 47.87, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0268 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.114 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1354, 43.0950, 15.3243)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB257 #5760BB

analogous

#BB8057 #BBB257 #92BB57

triadic

#BBB257 #57BBB2 #B257BB

tetradic

#BBB257 #57BB80 #5760BB #BB5792

square

#BBB257 #57BB80 #5760BB #BB5792

split-complementary

#BBB257 #5792BB #8057BB

monochromatic

#6C662C #978F3D #BBB257 #CDC683 #DEDAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BBB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB257

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB257	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)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c889',
    500: '#bbb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb257;
$custom-light: #d2c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75227,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB257

secondary

#A2A5CC

accent

#61D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB257

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

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