#BBB35A#BBB35A

#BBB35A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB35A
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -9.15, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 46.85, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0272 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.112 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4602, 43.5444, 16.0498)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB35A #5A62BB

analogous

#BB835A #BBB35A #92BB5A

triadic

#BBB35A #5ABBB3 #B35ABB

tetradic

#BBB35A #5ABB83 #5A62BB #BB5A92

square

#BBB35A #5ABB83 #5A62BB #BB5A92

split-complementary

#BBB35A #5A92BB #835ABB

monochromatic

#6D682D #99913F #BBB35A #CDC785 #DFDBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BBB35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB35A

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB35A	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)

#C0AE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c98b',
    500: '#bbb35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb35a;
$custom-light: #d1c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75479,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB35A

secondary

#A4A7CD

accent

#61D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB35A

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

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