#BBB96C#BBB96C

#BBB96C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.099 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB96C
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 108)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 42.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -10.53, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 40.62, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0294 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.099 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5500, 46.3464, 20.9941)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB96C #6C6EBB

analogous

#BB916C #BBB96C #95BB6C

triadic

#BBB96C #6CBBB9 #B96CBB

tetradic

#BBB96C #6CBB91 #6C6EBB #BB6C95

square

#BBB96C #6CBB91 #6C6EBB #BB6C95

split-complementary

#BBB96C #6C95BB #916CBB

monochromatic

#767437 #A09E4A #BBB96C #CECD96 #E2E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBB96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB96C

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB96C	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.099 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd97',
    500: '#bbb96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb96c;
$custom-light: #d1cd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7702,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB96C

secondary

#B2B2D1

accent

#5ECD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB96C

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

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