#BBB25D#BBB25D

#BBB25D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.108 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB25D
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -8.37, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 44.98, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0246 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.108 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3907, 43.1971, 16.6694)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB25D #5D66BB

analogous

#BB835D #BBB25D #95BB5D

triadic

#BBB25D #5DBBB2 #B25DBB

tetradic

#BBB25D #5DBB83 #5D66BB #BB5D95

square

#BBB25D #5DBB83 #5D66BB #BB5D95

split-complementary

#BBB25D #5D95BB #835DBB

monochromatic

#6F692F #9A9241 #BBB25D #CDC688 #DFDBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB25D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BBB25D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB25D

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB25D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB25D	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb25d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.108 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88d',
    500: '#bbb25d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb25d;
$custom-light: #d1c88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb25d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.255,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75304,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB25D

secondary

#A6AACE

accent

#63D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB25D

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

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