#BBB759#BBB759

#BBB759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB759
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -11.31, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 49.00, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0335 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.117 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2312, 45.1541, 16.0983)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB759 #595DBB

analogous

#BB8659 #BBB759 #8EBB59

triadic

#BBB759 #59BBB7 #B759BB

tetradic

#BBB759 #59BB86 #595DBB #BB598E

square

#BBB759 #59BB86 #595DBB #BB598E

split-complementary

#BBB759 #598EBB #8659BB

monochromatic

#6D6A2D #98953E #BBB759 #CDCA84 #DFDDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BBB759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB759

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB759	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc8a',
    500: '#bbb759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb759;
$custom-light: #d1cc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76326,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB759

secondary

#A3A5CD

accent

#5BD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB759

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

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