#BBB266#BBB266

#BBB266 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.098 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB266
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -7.51, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 40.53, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0213 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.098 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8131, 43.3661, 18.8937)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB266 #666FBB

analogous

#BB8866 #BBB266 #9ABB66

triadic

#BBB266 #66BBB2 #B266BB

tetradic

#BBB266 #66BB88 #666FBB #BB669A

square

#BBB266 #66BB88 #666FBB #BB669A

split-complementary

#BBB266 #669ABB #8866BB

monochromatic

#736D33 #9E9446 #BBB266 #CEC790 #E1DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BBB266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB266

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB266	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)

#BEAD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.098 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c893',
    500: '#bbb266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb266;
$custom-light: #d1c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.647,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB266

secondary

#ADB1D0

accent

#66CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB266

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

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