#BBB36E#BBB36E

#BBB36E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.090 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB36E
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -7.20, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 36.92, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0196 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.09 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4288, 43.9319, 21.1515)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB36E #6E76BB

analogous

#BB8C6E #BBB36E #9CBB6E

triadic

#BBB36E #6EBBB3 #B36EBB

tetradic

#BBB36E #6EBB8C #6E76BB #BB6E9C

square

#BBB36E #6EBB8C #6E76BB #BB6E9C

split-complementary

#BBB36E #6E9CBB #8C6EBB

monochromatic

#777038 #A1984B #BBB36E #CFC998 #E2DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB36E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB36E	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.090 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c998',
    500: '#bbb36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb36e;
$custom-light: #d1c998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.766,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75769,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB36E

secondary

#B3B6D2

accent

#67CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB36E

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

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