#BBB755#BBB755

#BBB755 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.121 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB755
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -11.65, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 50.88, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0349 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.121 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0678, 45.0888, 15.2376)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB755 #5559BB

analogous

#BB8455 #BBB755 #8CBB55

triadic

#BBB755 #55BBB7 #B755BB

tetradic

#BBB755 #55BB84 #5559BB #BB558C

square

#BBB755 #55BB84 #5559BB #BB558C

split-complementary

#BBB755 #558CBB #8455BB

monochromatic

#6B682B #97933C #BBB755 #CCCA81 #DEDCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BBB755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB755

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB755	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.121 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc88',
    500: '#bbb755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb755;
$custom-light: #d2cc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB755

secondary

#A0A2CC

accent

#5AD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB755

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

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