#BBB85B#BBB85B

#BBB85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB85B
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -11.66, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 48.49, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0343 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.116 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5233, 45.6022, 16.6156)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB85B #5B5EBB

analogous

#BB885B #BBB85B #8EBB5B

triadic

#BBB85B #5BBBB8 #B85BBB

tetradic

#BBB85B #5BBB88 #5B5EBB #BB5B8E

square

#BBB85B #5BBB88 #5B5EBB #BB5B8E

split-complementary

#BBB85B #5B8EBB #885BBB

monochromatic

#6E6C2E #999640 #BBB85B #CDCB86 #DFDDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BBB85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB85B

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB85B	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd8c',
    500: '#bbb85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb85b;
$custom-light: #d1cd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76567,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB85B

secondary

#A5A6CD

accent

#5AD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB85B

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

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