#BBB269#BBB269

#BBB269 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.095 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB269
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -7.20, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 39.02, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0201 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.095 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9646, 43.4266, 19.6915)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB269 #6972BB

analogous

#BB8969 #BBB269 #9BBB69

triadic

#BBB269 #69BBB2 #B269BB

tetradic

#BBB269 #69BB89 #6972BB #BB699B

square

#BBB269 #69BB89 #6972BB #BB699B

split-complementary

#BBB269 #699BBB #8969BB

monochromatic

#756E35 #9F9548 #BBB269 #CEC893 #E1DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBB269 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB269

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB269	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAE63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.095 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c895',
    500: '#bbb269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb269;
$custom-light: #d1c895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.415,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75477,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB269

secondary

#AFB3D1

accent

#67CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB269

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

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