#BBB171#BBB171

#BBB171 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.085 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB171
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -5.81, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 34.52, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0154 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.085 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1970, 43.2024, 21.8937)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB171 #717BBB

analogous

#BB8C71 #BBB171 #A0BB71

triadic

#BBB171 #71BBB1 #B171BB

tetradic

#BBB171 #71BB8C #717BBB #BB71A0

square

#BBB171 #71BB8C #717BBB #BB71A0

split-complementary

#BBB171 #71A0BB #8C71BB

monochromatic

#78703A #A1964D #BBB171 #CFC89A #E3DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BBB171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB171

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB171	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)

#BCAD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.085 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89a',
    500: '#bbb171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb171;
$custom-light: #d0c89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75395,
    "c": 0.08472,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB171

secondary

#B5B9D2

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB171

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

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