#BBB56E#BBB56E

#BBB56E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.093 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB56E
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -8.24, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 37.80, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0226 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.093 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8326, 44.7394, 21.2861)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB56E #6E74BB

analogous

#BB8E6E #BBB56E #9ABB6E

triadic

#BBB56E #6EBBB5 #B56EBB

tetradic

#BBB56E #6EBB8E #6E74BB #BB6E9A

square

#BBB56E #6EBB8E #6E74BB #BB6E9A

split-complementary

#BBB56E #6E9ABB #8E6EBB

monochromatic

#777238 #A19A4B #BBB56E #CFCA98 #E2E0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBB56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB56E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB56E	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.093 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb98',
    500: '#bbb56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb56e;
$custom-light: #d1cb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.325,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76195,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB56E

secondary

#B3B5D2

accent

#64CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB56E

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

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