#BBB36F#BBB36F

#BBB36F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.089 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB36F
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 111)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 40.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -7.09, 35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 36.41, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0192 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.089 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4836, 43.9538, 21.4399)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB36F #6F77BB

analogous

#BB8D6F #BBB36F #9DBB6F

triadic

#BBB36F #6FBBB3 #B36FBB

tetradic

#BBB36F #6FBB8D #6F77BB #BB6F9D

square

#BBB36F #6FBB8D #6F77BB #BB6F9D

split-complementary

#BBB36F #6F9DBB #8D6FBB

monochromatic

#777138 #A1984C #BBB36F #CFC999 #E2DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB36F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB36F	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#BEAF6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.089 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c999',
    500: '#bbb36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb36f;
$custom-light: #d1c999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB36F

secondary

#B4B7D2

accent

#68CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB36F

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

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