#BBB353#BBB353

#BBB353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.118 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB353
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -9.74, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 50.15, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0296 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.118 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1761, 43.4308, 14.5539)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB353 #535BBB

analogous

#BB7F53 #BBB353 #8FBB53

triadic

#BBB353 #53BBB3 #B353BB

tetradic

#BBB353 #53BB7F #535BBB #BB538F

square

#BBB353 #53BB7F #535BBB #BB538F

split-complementary

#BBB353 #538FBB #7F53BB

monochromatic

#6A652A #968F3B #BBB353 #CCC67F #DEDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBB353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB353

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB353	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)

#C1AD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.118 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c986',
    500: '#bbb353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb353;
$custom-light: #d2c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB353

secondary

#9EA2CB

accent

#5ED355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB353

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

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