#BBB655#BBB655

#BBB655 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB655
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -11.13, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 50.46, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0334 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.12 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8623, 44.6777, 15.1691)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB655 #555ABB

analogous

#BB8355 #BBB655 #8DBB55

triadic

#BBB655 #55BBB6 #B655BB

tetradic

#BBB655 #55BB83 #555ABB #BB558D

square

#BBB655 #55BB83 #555ABB #BB558D

split-complementary

#BBB655 #558DBB #8355BB

monochromatic

#6B682B #97923C #BBB655 #CCC981 #DEDCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BBB655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB655

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB655	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)

#C4B04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb88',
    500: '#bbb655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb655;
$custom-light: #d2cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76062,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB655

secondary

#A0A2CC

accent

#5BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB655

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

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