#BBB45E#BBB45E

#BBB45E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB45E
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -9.32, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 45.33, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0273 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.109 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8362, 44.0166, 17.0378)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB45E #5E65BB

analogous

#BB865E #BBB45E #93BB5E

triadic

#BBB45E #5EBBB4 #B45EBB

tetradic

#BBB45E #5EBB86 #5E65BB #BB5E93

square

#BBB45E #5EBB86 #5E65BB #BB5E93

split-complementary

#BBB45E #5E93BB #865EBB

monochromatic

#706B2F #9B9441 #BBB45E #CDC889 #DFDCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BBB45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB45E

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB45E	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca8e',
    500: '#bbb45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb45e;
$custom-light: #d1ca8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.484,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75745,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB45E

secondary

#A7AACE

accent

#60D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB45E

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

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