#BBB56C#BBB56C

#BBB56C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.095 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB56C
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 42.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -8.46, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 38.81, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0234 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.095 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7249, 44.6963, 20.7191)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB56C #6C72BB

analogous

#BB8D6C #BBB56C #99BB6C

triadic

#BBB56C #6CBBB5 #B56CBB

tetradic

#BBB56C #6CBB8D #6C72BB #BB6C99

square

#BBB56C #6CBB8D #6C72BB #BB6C99

split-complementary

#BBB56C #6C99BB #8D6CBB

monochromatic

#767137 #A0994A #BBB56C #CECA96 #E2DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BBB56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB56C

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB56C	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.095 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb97',
    500: '#bbb56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb56c;
$custom-light: #d1cb97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76163,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB56C

secondary

#B2B4D1

accent

#64CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB56C

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

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