#BBB35E#BBB35E

#BBB35E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.108 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB35E
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -8.80, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 44.91, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0258 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.108 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6350, 43.6143, 16.9708)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB35E #5E66BB

analogous

#BB855E #BBB35E #94BB5E

triadic

#BBB35E #5EBBB3 #B35EBB

tetradic

#BBB35E #5EBB85 #5E66BB #BB5E94

square

#BBB35E #5EBB85 #5E66BB #BB5E94

split-complementary

#BBB35E #5E94BB #855EBB

monochromatic

#706A2F #9B9341 #BBB35E #CDC789 #DFDCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBB35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB35E

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB35E	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)

#C0AE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.108 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c98e',
    500: '#bbb35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb35e;
$custom-light: #d1c98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.839,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75531,
    "c": 0.10764,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB35E

secondary

#A7AACE

accent

#62D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB35E

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

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