#BBB172#BBB172

#BBB172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.084 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB172
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -5.70, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 34.00, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.015 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.084 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2536, 43.2251, 22.1918)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB172 #727CBB

analogous

#BB8D72 #BBB172 #A1BB72

triadic

#BBB172 #72BBB1 #B172BB

tetradic

#BBB172 #72BB8D #727CBB #BB72A1

square

#BBB172 #72BB8D #727CBB #BB72A1

split-complementary

#BBB172 #72A1BB #8D72BB

monochromatic

#78703A #A2964E #BBB172 #CFC89B #E3DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BBB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB172

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB172	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)

#BCAD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.084 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89b',
    500: '#bbb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb172;
$custom-light: #d0c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75412,
    "c": 0.08356,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB172

secondary

#B6BAD3

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB172

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

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