#BBB272#BBB272

#BBB272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.085 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB272
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -6.23, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 34.43, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0165 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.085 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4519, 43.6216, 22.2579)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB272 #727BBB

analogous

#BB8E72 #BBB272 #A0BB72

triadic

#BBB272 #72BBB2 #B272BB

tetradic

#BBB272 #72BB8E #727BBB #BB72A0

square

#BBB272 #72BB8E #727BBB #BB72A0

split-complementary

#BBB272 #72A0BB #8E72BB

monochromatic

#78713A #A2974E #BBB272 #CFC99B #E3DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBB272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB272

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB272	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)

#BDAE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.085 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89b',
    500: '#bbb272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb272;
$custom-light: #d0c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75624,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB272

secondary

#B6BAD3

accent

#6ACB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB272

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

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