#BBB361#BBB361

#BBB361 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.105 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB361
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -8.52, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 43.44, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0246 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.105 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7723, 43.6692, 17.6936)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB361 #6169BB

analogous

#BB8661 #BBB361 #96BB61

triadic

#BBB361 #61BBB3 #B361BB

tetradic

#BBB361 #61BB86 #6169BB #BB6196

square

#BBB361 #61BB86 #6169BB #BB6196

split-complementary

#BBB361 #6196BB #8661BB

monochromatic

#716B31 #9C9443 #BBB361 #CDC88C #E0DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBB361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB361

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB361	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)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.105 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c990',
    500: '#bbb361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb361;
$custom-light: #d1c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75573,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB361

secondary

#A9ADCF

accent

#63D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB361

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

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