#BBB856#BBB856

#BBB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.121 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB856
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -12.08, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 50.84, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.036 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.121 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3148, 45.5188, 15.5173)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB856 #5659BB

analogous

#BB8556 #BBB856 #8BBB56

triadic

#BBB856 #56BBB8 #B856BB

tetradic

#BBB856 #56BB85 #5659BB #BB568B

square

#BBB856 #56BB85 #5659BB #BB568B

split-complementary

#BBB856 #568BBB #8556BB

monochromatic

#6B692B #97943D #BBB856 #CDCA82 #DEDDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BBB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB856

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB856	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)

#C5B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.121 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd89',
    500: '#bbb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb856;
$custom-light: #d2cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.218,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76506,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB856

secondary

#A1A2CC

accent

#59D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB856

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

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