#BBB359#BBB359

#BBB359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.113 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB359
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -9.24, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 47.32, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0276 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.113 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4179, 43.5275, 15.8272)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB359 #5961BB

analogous

#BB8259 #BBB359 #92BB59

triadic

#BBB359 #59BBB3 #B359BB

tetradic

#BBB359 #59BB82 #5961BB #BB5992

square

#BBB359 #59BB82 #5961BB #BB5992

split-complementary

#BBB359 #5992BB #8259BB

monochromatic

#6D682D #98913E #BBB359 #CDC784 #DFDBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BBB359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB359

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB359	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.113 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c98a',
    500: '#bbb359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb359;
$custom-light: #d1c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75466,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB359

secondary

#A3A6CD

accent

#60D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB359

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

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