#BBB657#BBB657

#BBB657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB657
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -10.97, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 49.52, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0327 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.118 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9429, 44.7100, 15.5935)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB657 #575CBB

analogous

#BB8457 #BBB657 #8EBB57

triadic

#BBB657 #57BBB6 #B657BB

tetradic

#BBB657 #57BB84 #575CBB #BB578E

square

#BBB657 #57BB84 #575CBB #BB578E

split-complementary

#BBB657 #578EBB #8457BB

monochromatic

#6C692C #97933D #BBB657 #CDC983 #DEDCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BBB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB657

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB657	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)

#C3B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb89',
    500: '#bbb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb657;
$custom-light: #d2cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76086,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB657

secondary

#A2A4CC

accent

#5CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB657

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

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