#BBB36D#BBB36D

#BBB36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.091 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB36D
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -7.30, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 37.43, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.02 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.091 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3747, 43.9102, 20.8664)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB36D #6D75BB

analogous

#BB8C6D #BBB36D #9CBB6D

triadic

#BBB36D #6DBBB3 #B36DBB

tetradic

#BBB36D #6DBB8C #6D75BB #BB6D9C

square

#BBB36D #6DBB8C #6D75BB #BB6D9C

split-complementary

#BBB36D #6D9CBB #8C6DBB

monochromatic

#767037 #A0974B #BBB36D #CEC997 #E2DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BBB36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB36D

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB36D	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)

#BFAF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.091 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c998',
    500: '#bbb36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb36d;
$custom-light: #d1c998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75753,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB36D

secondary

#B2B6D1

accent

#67CC5B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB36D

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

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