#BBB956#BBB956

#BBB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.122 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB956
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -12.59, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 51.26, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0375 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.122 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5233, 45.9357, 15.5868)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB956 #5658BB

analogous

#BB8656 #BBB956 #8ABB56

triadic

#BBB956 #56BBB9 #B956BB

tetradic

#BBB956 #56BB86 #5658BB #BB568A

square

#BBB956 #56BB86 #5658BB #BB568A

split-complementary

#BBB956 #568ABB #8656BB

monochromatic

#6B6A2B #97953D #BBB956 #CDCB82 #DEDDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BBB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB956

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB956	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.122 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd89',
    500: '#bbb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb956;
$custom-light: #d2cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76722,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB956

secondary

#A1A2CC

accent

#58D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB956

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

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