#BBB366#BBB366

#BBB366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.099 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB366
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -8.03, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 40.96, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0228 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.099 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0128, 43.7654, 18.9603)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB366 #666EBB

analogous

#BB8966 #BBB366 #99BB66

triadic

#BBB366 #66BBB3 #B366BB

tetradic

#BBB366 #66BB89 #666EBB #BB6699

square

#BBB366 #66BB89 #666EBB #BB6699

split-complementary

#BBB366 #6699BB #8966BB

monochromatic

#736D33 #9E9546 #BBB366 #CEC890 #E1DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BBB366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB366

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB366	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.099 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c993',
    500: '#bbb366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb366;
$custom-light: #d1c993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.353,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75645,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB366

secondary

#ADB0D0

accent

#64CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB366

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

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