#BBB962#BBB962

#BBB962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.110 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB962
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -11.53, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 45.56, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0332 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.11 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0480, 46.1456, 18.3503)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB962 #6264BB

analogous

#BB8C62 #BBB962 #90BB62

triadic

#BBB962 #62BBB9 #B962BB

tetradic

#BBB962 #62BB8C #6264BB #BB6290

square

#BBB962 #62BB8C #6264BB #BB6290

split-complementary

#BBB962 #6290BB #8C62BB

monochromatic

#717031 #9C9A44 #BBB962 #CDCC8D #E0DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BBB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB962

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB962	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.110 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd91',
    500: '#bbb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb962;
$custom-light: #d1cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76874,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB962

secondary

#AAABCF

accent

#5BCF58

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB962

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

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