#BBB96D#BBB96D

#BBB96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.098 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB96D
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -10.43, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 40.12, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.029 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.098 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6035, 46.3678, 21.2760)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB96D #6D6FBB

analogous

#BB926D #BBB96D #96BB6D

triadic

#BBB96D #6DBBB9 #B96DBB

tetradic

#BBB96D #6DBB92 #6D6FBB #BB6D96

square

#BBB96D #6DBB92 #6D6FBB #BB6D96

split-complementary

#BBB96D #6D96BB #926DBB

monochromatic

#767537 #A09E4B #BBB96D #CECD97 #E2E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBB96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB96D

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB96D	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)

#C4B367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.098 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd98',
    500: '#bbb96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb96d;
$custom-light: #d1cd98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB96D

secondary

#B2B3D1

accent

#5ECC5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB96D

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

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