#BBB56B#BBB56B

#BBB56B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.096 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB56B
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -8.56, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 39.32, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0238 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.096 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6720, 44.6751, 20.4404)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB56B #6B71BB

analogous

#BB8D6B #BBB56B #99BB6B

triadic

#BBB56B #6BBBB5 #B56BBB

tetradic

#BBB56B #6BBB8D #6B71BB #BB6B99

square

#BBB56B #6BBB8D #6B71BB #BB6B99

split-complementary

#BBB56B #6B99BB #8D6BBB

monochromatic

#767136 #A09949 #BBB56B #CECA95 #E2DFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BBB56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB56B

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB56B	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)

#C1B065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.096 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb96',
    500: '#bbb56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb56b;
$custom-light: #d1cb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76148,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB56B

secondary

#B1B3D1

accent

#63CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB56B

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

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