#BBB258#BBB258

#BBB258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB258
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -8.81, 46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 47.39, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0264 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.113 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1765, 43.1114, 15.5410)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB258 #5861BB

analogous

#BB8158 #BBB258 #93BB58

triadic

#BBB258 #58BBB2 #B258BB

tetradic

#BBB258 #58BB81 #5861BB #BB5893

square

#BBB258 #58BB81 #5861BB #BB5893

split-complementary

#BBB258 #5893BB #8158BB

monochromatic

#6C672C #98903E #BBB258 #CDC683 #DEDAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BBB258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB258

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB258	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)

#C0AD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88a',
    500: '#bbb258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb258;
$custom-light: #d2c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75239,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB258

secondary

#A2A6CD

accent

#61D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB258

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

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