#BBB563#BBB563

#BBB563 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.105 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB563
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 99)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 47.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -9.37, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 43.31, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0269 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.105 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2704, 44.5145, 18.3255)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB563 #6369BB

analogous

#BB8963 #BBB563 #95BB63

triadic

#BBB563 #63BBB5 #B563BB

tetradic

#BBB563 #63BB89 #6369BB #BB6395

square

#BBB563 #63BB89 #6369BB #BB6395

split-complementary

#BBB563 #6395BB #8963BB

monochromatic

#726E32 #9D9744 #BBB563 #CEC98E #E0DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BBB563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB563

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB563	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)

#C2B05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.105 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb91',
    500: '#bbb563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb563;
$custom-light: #d1cb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76029,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB563

secondary

#ABADCF

accent

#61CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB563

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

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