#BBB656#BBB656

#BBB656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB656
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -11.05, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 49.99, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0331 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.119 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9023, 44.6937, 15.3798)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB656 #565BBB

analogous

#BB8356 #BBB656 #8DBB56

triadic

#BBB656 #56BBB6 #B656BB

tetradic

#BBB656 #56BB83 #565BBB #BB568D

square

#BBB656 #56BB83 #565BBB #BB568D

split-complementary

#BBB656 #568DBB #8356BB

monochromatic

#6B682B #97933D #BBB656 #CDC982 #DEDCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BBB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB656

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB656	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)

#C4B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb88',
    500: '#bbb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb656;
$custom-light: #d2cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76074,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB656

secondary

#A1A3CC

accent

#5CD255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB656

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

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