#BBB86B#BBB86B

#BBB86B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.099 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB86B
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 107)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -10.12, 39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 40.67, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0283 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.099 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2886, 45.9083, 20.6459)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB86B #6B6EBB

analogous

#BB906B #BBB86B #96BB6B

triadic

#BBB86B #6BBBB8 #B86BBB

tetradic

#BBB86B #6BBB90 #6B6EBB #BB6B96

square

#BBB86B #6BBB90 #6B6EBB #BB6B96

split-complementary

#BBB86B #6B96BB #906BBB

monochromatic

#767336 #A09C49 #BBB86B #CECC95 #E2E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BBB86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB86B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB86B	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.099 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd97',
    500: '#bbb86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb86b;
$custom-light: #d1cd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7679,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB86B

secondary

#B1B2D1

accent

#5FCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB86B

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

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