#BBB855#BBB855

#BBB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.122 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB855
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -12.16, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 51.30, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0363 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.122 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2748, 45.5028, 15.3066)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB855 #5558BB

analogous

#BB8555 #BBB855 #8BBB55

triadic

#BBB855 #55BBB8 #B855BB

tetradic

#BBB855 #55BB85 #5558BB #BB558B

square

#BBB855 #55BB85 #5558BB #BB558B

split-complementary

#BBB855 #558BBB #8555BB

monochromatic

#6B692B #97943C #BBB855 #CCCA81 #DEDDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BBB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB855

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB855	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.122 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd88',
    500: '#bbb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb855;
$custom-light: #d2cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76494,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB855

secondary

#A0A1CC

accent

#59D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB855

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

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