#BBB565#BBB565

#BBB565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.102 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB565
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -9.17, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 42.32, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0261 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.102 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3672, 44.5532, 18.8353)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB565 #656BBB

analogous

#BB8A65 #BBB565 #96BB65

triadic

#BBB565 #65BBB5 #B565BB

tetradic

#BBB565 #65BB8A #656BBB #BB6596

square

#BBB565 #65BB8A #656BBB #BB6596

split-complementary

#BBB565 #6596BB #8A65BB

monochromatic

#736E33 #9D9745 #BBB565 #CEC98F #E0DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BBB565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB565

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB565	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.102 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb92',
    500: '#bbb565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb565;
$custom-light: #d1cb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76057,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB565

secondary

#ACAFD0

accent

#61CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB565

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

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