#BBB456#BBB456

#BBB456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB456
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -10.01, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 49.16, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0301 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.117 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.4956, 43.8804, 15.2443)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB456 #565DBB

analogous

#BB8156 #BBB456 #8FBB56

triadic

#BBB456 #56BBB4 #B456BB

tetradic

#BBB456 #56BB81 #565DBB #BB568F

square

#BBB456 #56BB81 #565DBB #BB568F

split-complementary

#BBB456 #568FBB #8156BB

monochromatic

#6B672B #97913D #BBB456 #CDC782 #DEDBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BBB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB456

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB456	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)

#C2AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca88',
    500: '#bbb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb456;
$custom-light: #d2ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75644,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB456

secondary

#A1A4CC

accent

#5ED255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB456

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

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