#BBB074#BBB074

#BBB074 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.080 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB074
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -4.94, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 32.54, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0127 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.08 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1719, 42.8775, 22.7323)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB074 #747FBB

analogous

#BB8D74 #BBB074 #A3BB74

triadic

#BBB074 #74BBB0 #B074BB

tetradic

#BBB074 #74BB8D #747FBB #BB74A3

square

#BBB074 #74BB8D #747FBB #BB74A3

split-complementary

#BBB074 #74A3BB #8D74BB

monochromatic

#79703B #A2964F #BBB074 #CFC79D #E3DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BBB074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB074

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB074	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.080 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c79c',
    500: '#bbb074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb074;
$custom-light: #d0c79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75236,
    "c": 0.08018,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB074

secondary

#B8BCD3

accent

#6ECA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB074

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

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