#BBB357#BBB357

#BBB357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.115 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB357
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -9.41, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 48.28, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0283 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.115 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3350, 43.4943, 15.3909)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB357 #575FBB

analogous

#BB8157 #BBB357 #91BB57

triadic

#BBB357 #57BBB3 #B357BB

tetradic

#BBB357 #57BB81 #575FBB #BB5791

square

#BBB357 #57BB81 #575FBB #BB5791

split-complementary

#BBB357 #5791BB #8157BB

monochromatic

#6C672C #97903D #BBB357 #CDC783 #DEDAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB357

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB357	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)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.115 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c989',
    500: '#bbb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb357;
$custom-light: #d2c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75441,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB357

secondary

#A2A5CC

accent

#60D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB357

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

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