#BBB459#BBB459

#BBB459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.114 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB459
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -9.76, 46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 47.74, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0291 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.114 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6190, 43.9298, 15.8942)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB459 #5960BB

analogous

#BB8359 #BBB459 #91BB59

triadic

#BBB459 #59BBB4 #B459BB

tetradic

#BBB459 #59BB83 #5960BB #BB5991

square

#BBB459 #59BB83 #5960BB #BB5991

split-complementary

#BBB459 #5991BB #8359BB

monochromatic

#6D682D #98923E #BBB459 #CDC884 #DFDBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB459

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB459	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)

#C1AE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.114 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca8a',
    500: '#bbb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb459;
$custom-light: #d1ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75681,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB459

secondary

#A3A6CD

accent

#5FD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB459

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

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