#BBB45B#BBB45B

#BBB45B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB45B
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -9.59, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 46.78, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0283 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.112 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7042, 43.9638, 16.3426)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB45B #5B62BB

analogous

#BB845B #BBB45B #92BB5B

triadic

#BBB45B #5BBBB4 #B45BBB

tetradic

#BBB45B #5BBB84 #5B62BB #BB5B92

square

#BBB45B #5BBB84 #5B62BB #BB5B92

split-complementary

#BBB45B #5B92BB #845BBB

monochromatic

#6E692E #999340 #BBB45B #CDC886 #DFDCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB45B

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB45B	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)

#C1AF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca8c',
    500: '#bbb45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb45b;
$custom-light: #d1ca8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.625,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75706,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB45B

secondary

#A5A8CD

accent

#60D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB45B

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

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