#BBB95B#BBB95B

#BBB95B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB95B
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -12.17, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 48.92, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0357 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.117 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7318, 46.0191, 16.6851)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB95B #5B5DBB

analogous

#BB895B #BBB95B #8DBB5B

triadic

#BBB95B #5BBBB9 #B95BBB

tetradic

#BBB95B #5BBB89 #5B5DBB #BB5B8D

square

#BBB95B #5BBB89 #5B5DBB #BB5B8D

split-complementary

#BBB95B #5B8DBB #895BBB

monochromatic

#6E6D2E #999740 #BBB95B #CDCB86 #DFDEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BBB95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB95B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB95B	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd8c',
    500: '#bbb95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb95b;
$custom-light: #d1cd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76783,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB95B

secondary

#A5A5CD

accent

#59D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB95B

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

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