#BBB356#BBB356

#BBB356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB356
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -9.49, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 48.75, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0286 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.116 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2945, 43.4781, 15.1772)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB356 #565EBB

analogous

#BB8056 #BBB356 #90BB56

triadic

#BBB356 #56BBB3 #B356BB

tetradic

#BBB356 #56BB80 #565EBB #BB5690

square

#BBB356 #56BB80 #565EBB #BB5690

split-complementary

#BBB356 #5690BB #8056BB

monochromatic

#6B662B #97903D #BBB356 #CDC782 #DEDAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB356

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB356	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c988',
    500: '#bbb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb356;
$custom-light: #d2c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75429,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB356

secondary

#A1A4CC

accent

#5FD255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB356

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

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