#BBB457#BBB457

#BBB457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB457
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -9.93, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 48.69, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0298 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.116 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5362, 43.8966, 15.4579)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB457 #575EBB

analogous

#BB8257 #BBB457 #90BB57

triadic

#BBB457 #57BBB4 #B457BB

tetradic

#BBB457 #57BB82 #575EBB #BB5790

square

#BBB457 #57BB82 #575EBB #BB5790

split-complementary

#BBB457 #5790BB #8257BB

monochromatic

#6C672C #97913D #BBB457 #CDC783 #DEDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BBB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB457

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB457	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)

#C2AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca89',
    500: '#bbb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb457;
$custom-light: #d2ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB457

secondary

#A2A5CC

accent

#5ED256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB457

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

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