#BBB070#BBB070

#BBB070 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.085 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB070
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 112)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -5.40, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 34.61, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0143 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.085 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9442, 42.7865, 21.5332)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB070 #707BBB

analogous

#BB8A70 #BBB070 #A0BB70

triadic

#BBB070 #70BBB0 #B070BB

tetradic

#BBB070 #70BB8A #707BBB #BB70A0

square

#BBB070 #70BB8A #707BBB #BB70A0

split-complementary

#BBB070 #70A0BB #8A70BB

monochromatic

#786E39 #A1954D #BBB070 #CFC799 #E2DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBB070 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB070

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB070	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.085 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c79a',
    500: '#bbb070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb070;
$custom-light: #d1c79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.08484,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB070

secondary

#B5B9D2

accent

#6DCC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB070

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

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