#BBB558#BBB558

#BBB558 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.116 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB558
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -10.36, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 48.63, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0309 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.116 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7799, 44.3183, 15.7421)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB558 #585EBB

analogous

#BB8458 #BBB558 #90BB58

triadic

#BBB558 #58BBB5 #B558BB

tetradic

#BBB558 #58BB84 #585EBB #BB5890

square

#BBB558 #58BB84 #585EBB #BB5890

split-complementary

#BBB558 #5890BB #8458BB

monochromatic

#6C692C #98923E #BBB558 #CDC883 #DEDCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BBB558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB558

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB558	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)

#C2AF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.116 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8a',
    500: '#bbb558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb558;
$custom-light: #d2cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75883,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB558

secondary

#A2A5CD

accent

#5DD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB558

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

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