#BBB557#BBB557

#BBB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB557
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -10.45, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 49.10, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0312 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.117 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7388, 44.3018, 15.5255)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB557 #575DBB

analogous

#BB8357 #BBB557 #8FBB57

triadic

#BBB557 #57BBB5 #B557BB

tetradic

#BBB557 #57BB83 #575DBB #BB578F

square

#BBB557 #57BB83 #575DBB #BB578F

split-complementary

#BBB557 #578FBB #8357BB

monochromatic

#6C682C #97923D #BBB557 #CDC883 #DEDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BBB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB557

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB557	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)

#C2AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb89',
    500: '#bbb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb557;
$custom-light: #d2cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75871,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB557

secondary

#A2A4CC

accent

#5DD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB557

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

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