#BBB555#BBB555

#BBB555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB555
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -10.61, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 50.04, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0319 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.119 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6582, 44.2696, 15.1011)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB555 #555BBB

analogous

#BB8255 #BBB555 #8EBB55

triadic

#BBB555 #55BBB5 #B555BB

tetradic

#BBB555 #55BB82 #555BBB #BB558E

square

#BBB555 #55BB82 #555BBB #BB558E

split-complementary

#BBB555 #558EBB #8255BB

monochromatic

#6B672B #97913C #BBB555 #CCC881 #DEDBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BBB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB555

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB555	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)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb88',
    500: '#bbb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb555;
$custom-light: #d2cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75847,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB555

secondary

#A0A3CC

accent

#5DD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB555

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

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