#BBB261#BBB261

#BBB261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.103 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB261
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -8.00, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 43.02, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0231 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.103 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5726, 43.2698, 17.6270)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB261 #616ABB

analogous

#BB8561 #BBB261 #97BB61

triadic

#BBB261 #61BBB2 #B261BB

tetradic

#BBB261 #61BB85 #616ABB #BB6197

square

#BBB261 #61BB85 #616ABB #BB6197

split-complementary

#BBB261 #6197BB #8561BB

monochromatic

#716B31 #9C9343 #BBB261 #CDC78C #E0DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BBB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB261

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB261	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.103 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c890',
    500: '#bbb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb261;
$custom-light: #d1c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75359,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB261

secondary

#A9ADCF

accent

#64D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB261

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

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