#BBB265#BBB265

#BBB265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.099 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB265
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -7.61, 40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 41.03, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0216 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.099 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7638, 43.3463, 18.6341)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB265 #656EBB

analogous

#BB8765 #BBB265 #99BB65

triadic

#BBB265 #65BBB2 #B265BB

tetradic

#BBB265 #65BB87 #656EBB #BB6599

square

#BBB265 #65BB87 #656EBB #BB6599

split-complementary

#BBB265 #6599BB #8765BB

monochromatic

#736C33 #9D9445 #BBB265 #CEC78F #E0DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BBB265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB265

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB265	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.099 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c892',
    500: '#bbb265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb265;
$custom-light: #d1c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.09923,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB265

secondary

#ACB0D0

accent

#65CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB265

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

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