#BBB463#BBB463

#BBB463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.103 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB463
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 47.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -8.85, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 42.88, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0254 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.103 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0678, 44.1093, 18.2579)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB463 #636ABB

analogous

#BB8863 #BBB463 #96BB63

triadic

#BBB463 #63BBB4 #B463BB

tetradic

#BBB463 #63BB88 #636ABB #BB6396

square

#BBB463 #63BB88 #636ABB #BB6396

split-complementary

#BBB463 #6396BB #8863BB

monochromatic

#726D32 #9D9644 #BBB463 #CEC88E #E0DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BBB463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB463

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB463	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.103 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca91',
    500: '#bbb463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb463;
$custom-light: #d1ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.227,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75815,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB463

secondary

#ABAECF

accent

#62CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB463

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

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