#BBB362#BBB362

#BBB362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.103 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB362
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -8.42, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 42.95, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0243 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.103 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8192, 43.6880, 17.9407)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB362 #626ABB

analogous

#BB8662 #BBB362 #96BB62

triadic

#BBB362 #62BBB3 #B362BB

tetradic

#BBB362 #62BB86 #626ABB #BB6296

square

#BBB362 #62BB86 #626ABB #BB6296

split-complementary

#BBB362 #6296BB #8662BB

monochromatic

#716C31 #9C9444 #BBB362 #CDC88D #E0DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBB362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB362

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB362	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.103 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c990',
    500: '#bbb362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb362;
$custom-light: #d1c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.607,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75587,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB362

secondary

#AAADCF

accent

#63CF58

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB362

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

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