#BBB36B#BBB36B

#BBB36B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.094 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB36B
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 107)
HSL	hsl(54, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -7.52, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 38.44, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0208 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.094 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2683, 43.8676, 20.3058)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB36B #6B73BB

analogous

#BB8B6B #BBB36B #9BBB6B

triadic

#BBB36B #6BBBB3 #B36BBB

tetradic

#BBB36B #6BBB8B #6B73BB #BB6B9B

square

#BBB36B #6BBB8B #6B73BB #BB6B9B

split-complementary

#BBB36B #6B9BBB #8B6BBB

monochromatic

#766F36 #A09749 #BBB36B #CEC995 #E2DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB36B

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB36B	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)

#BFAE65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.094 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c996',
    500: '#bbb36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb36b;
$custom-light: #d1c996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75721,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB36B

secondary

#B1B4D1

accent

#66CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB36B

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

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