#BBB170#BBB170

#BBB170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.086 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB170
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 112)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -5.93, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 35.03, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0158 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.086 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1410, 43.1800, 21.5988)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB170 #707ABB

analogous

#BB8B70 #BBB170 #9FBB70

triadic

#BBB170 #70BBB1 #B170BB

tetradic

#BBB170 #70BB8B #707ABB #BB709F

square

#BBB170 #70BB8B #707ABB #BB709F

split-complementary

#BBB170 #709FBB #8B70BB

monochromatic

#786F39 #A1964D #BBB170 #CFC899 #E2DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BBB170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB170

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB170	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.086 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89a',
    500: '#bbb170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb170;
$custom-light: #d1c89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75378,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB170

secondary

#B5B9D2

accent

#6BCC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB170

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

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