#BBB35F#BBB35F

#BBB35F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.107 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB35F
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -8.71, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 44.42, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0254 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.107 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6802, 43.6324, 17.2086)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB35F #5F67BB

analogous

#BB855F #BBB35F #95BB5F

triadic

#BBB35F #5FBBB3 #B35FBB

tetradic

#BBB35F #5FBB85 #5F67BB #BB5F95

square

#BBB35F #5FBB85 #5F67BB #BB5F95

split-complementary

#BBB35F #5F95BB #855FBB

monochromatic

#706A30 #9B9342 #BBB35F #CDC78A #E0DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBB35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB35F

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB35F	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.107 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c98e',
    500: '#bbb35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb35f;
$custom-light: #d1c98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75545,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB35F

secondary

#A8ABCE

accent

#62D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB35F

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

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