#BBB461#BBB461

#BBB461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.106 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB461
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -9.04, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 43.86, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0261 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.106 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9734, 44.0715, 17.7606)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB461 #6168BB

analogous

#BB8761 #BBB461 #95BB61

triadic

#BBB461 #61BBB4 #B461BB

tetradic

#BBB461 #61BB87 #6168BB #BB6195

square

#BBB461 #61BB87 #6168BB #BB6195

split-complementary

#BBB461 #6195BB #8761BB

monochromatic

#716C31 #9C9543 #BBB461 #CDC88C #E0DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BBB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB461

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB461	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.106 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca90',
    500: '#bbb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb461;
$custom-light: #d1ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB461

secondary

#A9ACCF

accent

#61D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB461

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

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