#BBB453#BBB453

#BBB453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB453
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -10.26, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 50.56, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0311 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.119 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3773, 43.8331, 14.6210)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB453 #535ABB

analogous

#BB8053 #BBB453 #8EBB53

triadic

#BBB453 #53BBB4 #B453BB

tetradic

#BBB453 #53BB80 #535ABB #BB538E

square

#BBB453 #53BB80 #535ABB #BB538E

split-complementary

#BBB453 #538EBB #8053BB

monochromatic

#6A652A #96903B #BBB453 #CCC77F #DEDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB453

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB453	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)

#C2AE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca86',
    500: '#bbb453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb453;
$custom-light: #d2ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75608,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB453

secondary

#9EA1CB

accent

#5DD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB453

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

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