#BBB571#BBB571

#BBB571 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.089 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB571
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 113)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -7.91, 35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 36.27, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0214 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.089 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9987, 44.8058, 22.1609)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB571 #7177BB

analogous

#BB9071 #BBB571 #9CBB71

triadic

#BBB571 #71BBB5 #B571BB

tetradic

#BBB571 #71BB90 #7177BB #BB719C

square

#BBB571 #71BB90 #7177BB #BB719C

split-complementary

#BBB571 #719CBB #9071BB

monochromatic

#78733A #A19B4D #BBB571 #CFCB9A #E3E0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BBB571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB571

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB571	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.089 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb9b',
    500: '#bbb571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb571;
$custom-light: #d0cb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76244,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB571

secondary

#B5B8D2

accent

#65CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB571

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

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