#BBB469#BBB469

#BBB469 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.097 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB469
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 105)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -8.25, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 39.89, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0231 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.097 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3654, 44.2283, 19.8251)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB469 #6970BB

analogous

#BB8B69 #BBB469 #99BB69

triadic

#BBB469 #69BBB4 #B469BB

tetradic

#BBB469 #69BB8B #6970BB #BB6999

square

#BBB469 #69BB8B #6970BB #BB6999

split-complementary

#BBB469 #6999BB #8B69BB

monochromatic

#756F35 #9F9748 #BBB469 #CEC993 #E1DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BBB469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB469

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB469	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AF63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.097 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca95',
    500: '#bbb469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb469;
$custom-light: #d1ca95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.878,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75903,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB469

secondary

#AFB2D1

accent

#64CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB469

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

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