#BBB561#BBB561

#BBB561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.107 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB561
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -9.56, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 44.29, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0276 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.107 105)
XYZ	xyz(39.1760, 44.4767, 17.8281)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB561 #6167BB

analogous

#BB8861 #BBB561 #94BB61

triadic

#BBB561 #61BBB5 #B561BB

tetradic

#BBB561 #61BB88 #6167BB #BB6194

square

#BBB561 #61BB88 #6167BB #BB6194

split-complementary

#BBB561 #6194BB #8861BB

monochromatic

#716D31 #9C9643 #BBB561 #CDC98C #E0DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BBB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB561

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB561	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.107 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb90',
    500: '#bbb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb561;
$custom-light: #d1cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76001,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.44476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB561

secondary

#A9ACCF

accent

#60D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB561

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

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