#BBB653#BBB653

#BBB653 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.121 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB653
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -11.29, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 51.38, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0341 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.122 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7839, 44.6464, 14.7565)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB653 #5358BB

analogous

#BB8253 #BBB653 #8CBB53

triadic

#BBB653 #53BBB6 #B653BB

tetradic

#BBB653 #53BB82 #5358BB #BB538C

square

#BBB653 #53BB82 #5358BB #BB538C

split-complementary

#BBB653 #538CBB #8253BB

monochromatic

#6A672A #96913B #BBB653 #CCC97F #DEDBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BBB653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB653

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB653	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C4B049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.121 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb87',
    500: '#bbb653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb653;
$custom-light: #d2cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76039,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB653

secondary

#9EA1CB

accent

#5BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB653

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

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