#BBB271#BBB271

#BBB271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.086 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB271
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -6.34, 34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 34.95, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0169 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.086 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3953, 43.5989, 21.9598)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB271 #717ABB

analogous

#BB8D71 #BBB271 #9FBB71

triadic

#BBB271 #71BBB2 #B271BB

tetradic

#BBB271 #71BB8D #717ABB #BB719F

square

#BBB271 #71BB8D #717ABB #BB719F

split-complementary

#BBB271 #719FBB #8D71BB

monochromatic

#78703A #A1974D #BBB271 #CFC89A #E3DFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBB271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB271

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB271	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.086 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89a',
    500: '#bbb271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb271;
$custom-light: #d0c89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB271

secondary

#B5B9D2

accent

#6ACB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB271

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

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