#BBB259#BBB259

#BBB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.112 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB259
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -8.72, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 46.91, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0261 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.112 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2182, 43.1281, 15.7606)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB259 #5962BB

analogous

#BB8159 #BBB259 #93BB59

triadic

#BBB259 #59BBB2 #B259BB

tetradic

#BBB259 #59BB81 #5962BB #BB5993

square

#BBB259 #59BB81 #5962BB #BB5993

split-complementary

#BBB259 #5993BB #8159BB

monochromatic

#6D672D #98903E #BBB259 #CDC684 #DFDAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BBB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB259

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB259	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.112 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88a',
    500: '#bbb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb259;
$custom-light: #d1c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.49,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75252,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB259

secondary

#A3A7CD

accent

#61D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB259

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

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