#BBB556#BBB556

#BBB556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB556
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -10.53, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 49.57, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0316 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.118 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6982, 44.2856, 15.3118)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB556 #565CBB

analogous

#BB8256 #BBB556 #8EBB56

triadic

#BBB556 #56BBB5 #B556BB

tetradic

#BBB556 #56BB82 #565CBB #BB568E

square

#BBB556 #56BB82 #565CBB #BB568E

split-complementary

#BBB556 #568EBB #8256BB

monochromatic

#6B682B #97923D #BBB556 #CDC882 #DEDBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BBB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB556

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB556	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb88',
    500: '#bbb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb556;
$custom-light: #d2cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75859,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB556

secondary

#A1A3CC

accent

#5DD255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB556

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

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