#BBB072#BBB072

#BBB072 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.083 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB072
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -5.17, 33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 33.58, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0135 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.083 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0568, 42.8315, 22.1262)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB072 #727DBB

analogous

#BB8C72 #BBB072 #A2BB72

triadic

#BBB072 #72BBB0 #B072BB

tetradic

#BBB072 #72BB8C #727DBB #BB72A2

square

#BBB072 #72BB8C #727DBB #BB72A2

split-complementary

#BBB072 #72A2BB #8C72BB

monochromatic

#786F3A #A2954E #BBB072 #CFC79B #E3DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BBB072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB072

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB072	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.083 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c79b',
    500: '#bbb072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb072;
$custom-light: #d0c79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75201,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB072

secondary

#B6BAD3

accent

#6DCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB072

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

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