#BBB36C#BBB36C

#BBB36C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.093 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB36C
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 42.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -7.41, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 37.93, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0204 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.093 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3212, 43.8888, 20.5845)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB36C #6C74BB

analogous

#BB8B6C #BBB36C #9BBB6C

triadic

#BBB36C #6CBBB3 #B36CBB

tetradic

#BBB36C #6CBB8B #6C74BB #BB6C9B

square

#BBB36C #6CBB8B #6C74BB #BB6C9B

split-complementary

#BBB36C #6C9BBB #8B6CBB

monochromatic

#767037 #A0974A #BBB36C #CEC996 #E2DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BBB36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB36C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB36C	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.093 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c997',
    500: '#bbb36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb36c;
$custom-light: #d1c997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.924,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75737,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB36C

secondary

#B2B5D1

accent

#67CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB36C

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

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