#BBB355#BBB355

#BBB355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB355
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -9.58, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 49.22, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.029 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.117 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2545, 43.4621, 14.9665)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB355 #555DBB

analogous

#BB8055 #BBB355 #90BB55

triadic

#BBB355 #55BBB3 #B355BB

tetradic

#BBB355 #55BB80 #555DBB #BB5590

square

#BBB355 #55BB80 #555DBB #BB5590

split-complementary

#BBB355 #5590BB #8055BB

monochromatic

#6B662B #978F3C #BBB355 #CCC781 #DEDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB355

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB355	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)

#C1AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c988',
    500: '#bbb355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb355;
$custom-light: #d2c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB355

secondary

#A0A3CC

accent

#5FD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB355

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

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