#BBB969#BBB969

#BBB969 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.103 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB969
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 105)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -10.85, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 42.12, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0306 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.103 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3930, 46.2836, 20.1677)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB969 #696BBB

analogous

#BB9069 #BBB969 #94BB69

triadic

#BBB969 #69BBB9 #B969BB

tetradic

#BBB969 #69BB90 #696BBB #BB6994

square

#BBB969 #69BB90 #696BBB #BB6994

split-complementary

#BBB969 #6994BB #9069BB

monochromatic

#757335 #9F9D48 #BBB969 #CECD93 #E1E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBB969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB969

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB969	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.103 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd95',
    500: '#bbb969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb969;
$custom-light: #d1cd95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB969

secondary

#AFB0D1

accent

#5DCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB969

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

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