#BBB35D#BBB35D

#BBB35D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.109 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB35D
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -8.89, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 45.40, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0261 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.109 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5904, 43.5965, 16.7360)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB35D #5D65BB

analogous

#BB845D #BBB35D #94BB5D

triadic

#BBB35D #5DBBB3 #B35DBB

tetradic

#BBB35D #5DBB84 #5D65BB #BB5D94

square

#BBB35D #5DBB84 #5D65BB #BB5D94

split-complementary

#BBB35D #5D94BB #845DBB

monochromatic

#6F6A2F #9A9341 #BBB35D #CDC788 #DFDBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBB35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB35D

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB35D	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)

#C0AE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.109 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c98d',
    500: '#bbb35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb35d;
$custom-light: #d1c98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75518,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB35D

secondary

#A6A9CE

accent

#61D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB35D

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

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