#BBB173#BBB173

#BBB173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.082 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB173
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -5.59, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 33.49, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0146 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.082 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3108, 43.2480, 22.4932)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB173 #737DBB

analogous

#BB8D73 #BBB173 #A1BB73

triadic

#BBB173 #73BBB1 #B173BB

tetradic

#BBB173 #73BB8D #737DBB #BB73A1

square

#BBB173 #73BB8D #737DBB #BB73A1

split-complementary

#BBB173 #73A1BB #8D73BB

monochromatic

#79703B #A2974F #BBB173 #CFC89C #E3DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BBB173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB173

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB173	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.082 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89c',
    500: '#bbb173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb173;
$custom-light: #d0c89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7543,
    "c": 0.08239,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB173

secondary

#B7BBD3

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB173

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

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