#BBB56D#BBB56D

#BBB56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.094 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB56D
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -8.35, 37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 38.31, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.023 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.094 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7784, 44.7177, 21.0010)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB56D #6D73BB

analogous

#BB8E6D #BBB56D #9ABB6D

triadic

#BBB56D #6DBBB5 #B56DBB

tetradic

#BBB56D #6DBB8E #6D73BB #BB6D9A

square

#BBB56D #6DBB8E #6D73BB #BB6D9A

split-complementary

#BBB56D #6D9ABB #8E6DBB

monochromatic

#767237 #A09A4B #BBB56D #CECA97 #E2DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BBB56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB56D

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB56D	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)

#C1B067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.094 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb98',
    500: '#bbb56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb56d;
$custom-light: #d1cb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76179,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB56D

secondary

#B2B5D1

accent

#64CC5B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB56D

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

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