#BBB35B#BBB35B

#BBB35B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB35B
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -9.07, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 46.36, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0268 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.111 104)
XYZ	xyz(38.5030, 43.5615, 16.2755)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB35B #5B63BB

analogous

#BB835B #BBB35B #93BB5B

triadic

#BBB35B #5BBBB3 #B35BBB

tetradic

#BBB35B #5BBB83 #5B63BB #BB5B93

square

#BBB35B #5BBB83 #5B63BB #BB5B93

split-complementary

#BBB35B #5B93BB #835BBB

monochromatic

#6E692E #999240 #BBB35B #CDC786 #DFDBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BBB35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB35B

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB35B	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)

#C0AE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c98c',
    500: '#bbb35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb35b;
$custom-light: #d1c98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75492,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.4356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB35B

secondary

#A5A8CD

accent

#61D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB35B

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

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