#BBB35C#BBB35C

#BBB35C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB35C
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -8.98, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 45.88, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0265 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.11 104)
XYZ	xyz(38.5464, 43.5789, 16.5042)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB35C #5C64BB

analogous

#BB835C #BBB35C #94BB5C

triadic

#BBB35C #5CBBB3 #B35CBB

tetradic

#BBB35C #5CBB83 #5C64BB #BB5C94

square

#BBB35C #5CBB83 #5C64BB #BB5C94

split-complementary

#BBB35C #5C94BB #835CBB

monochromatic

#6F692E #9A9240 #BBB35C #CDC787 #DFDBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBB35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB35C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB35C	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c98c',
    500: '#bbb35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb35c;
$custom-light: #d1c98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.947,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.43578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB35C

secondary

#A5A9CD

accent

#61D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB35C

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

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