#BBB36A#BBB36A

#BBB36A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.095 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB36A
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 43.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -7.62, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 38.95, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0212 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.095 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2160, 43.8467, 20.0304)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB36A #6A72BB

analogous

#BB8A6A #BBB36A #9BBB6A

triadic

#BBB36A #6ABBB3 #B36ABB

tetradic

#BBB36A #6ABB8A #6A72BB #BB6A9B

square

#BBB36A #6ABB8A #6A72BB #BB6A9B

split-complementary

#BBB36A #6A9BBB #8A6ABB

monochromatic

#756F35 #9F9749 #BBB36A #CEC894 #E1DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB36A

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB36A	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.095 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c996',
    500: '#bbb36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb36a;
$custom-light: #d1c996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.074,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75706,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB36A

secondary

#B0B3D1

accent

#66CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB36A

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

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