#BBB659#BBB659

#BBB659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB659
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -10.80, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 48.58, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.032 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.116 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0257, 44.7431, 16.0298)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB659 #595EBB

analogous

#BB8559 #BBB659 #8FBB59

triadic

#BBB659 #59BBB6 #B659BB

tetradic

#BBB659 #59BB85 #595EBB #BB598F

square

#BBB659 #59BB85 #595EBB #BB598F

split-complementary

#BBB659 #598FBB #8559BB

monochromatic

#6D6A2D #98943E #BBB659 #CDC984 #DFDCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB659

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB659	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb8a',
    500: '#bbb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb659;
$custom-light: #d1cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76111,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB659

secondary

#A3A5CD

accent

#5CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB659

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

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