#BBB56A#BBB56A

#BBB56A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.097 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB56A
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 43.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -8.67, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 39.82, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0242 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.097 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6197, 44.6542, 20.1649)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB56A #6A70BB

analogous

#BB8D6A #BBB56A #98BB6A

triadic

#BBB56A #6ABBB5 #B56ABB

tetradic

#BBB56A #6ABB8D #6A70BB #BB6A98

square

#BBB56A #6ABB8D #6A70BB #BB6A98

split-complementary

#BBB56A #6A98BB #8D6ABB

monochromatic

#757035 #9F9949 #BBB56A #CECA94 #E1DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BBB56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB56A

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB56A	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.097 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb96',
    500: '#bbb56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb56a;
$custom-light: #d1cb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76132,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB56A

secondary

#B0B2D1

accent

#63CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB56A

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

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