#BBB174#BBB174

#BBB174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.081 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB174
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -5.47, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 32.97, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0142 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.081 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3687, 43.2711, 22.7979)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB174 #747EBB

analogous

#BB8E74 #BBB174 #A2BB74

triadic

#BBB174 #74BBB1 #B174BB

tetradic

#BBB174 #74BB8E #747EBB #BB74A2

square

#BBB174 #74BB8E #747EBB #BB74A2

split-complementary

#BBB174 #74A2BB #8E74BB

monochromatic

#79713B #A2974F #BBB174 #CFC89D #E3DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBB174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BBB174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB174

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB174	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)

#BCAD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.081 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89d',
    500: '#bbb174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb174;
$custom-light: #d0c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75447,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB174

secondary

#B8BBD3

accent

#6DCA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB174

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

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