#BBB559#BBB559

#BBB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB559
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -10.28, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 48.16, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0305 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.115 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8216, 44.3350, 15.9618)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB559 #595FBB

analogous

#BB8459 #BBB559 #90BB59

triadic

#BBB559 #59BBB5 #B559BB

tetradic

#BBB559 #59BB84 #595FBB #BB5990

square

#BBB559 #59BB84 #595FBB #BB5990

split-complementary

#BBB559 #5990BB #8459BB

monochromatic

#6D692D #98933E #BBB559 #CDC884 #DFDCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BBB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB559

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB559	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb8a',
    500: '#bbb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb559;
$custom-light: #d1cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75895,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB559

secondary

#A3A6CD

accent

#5ED256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB559

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

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