#BBB273#BBB273

#BBB273 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.083 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB273
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -6.11, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 33.92, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0161 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.083 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5091, 43.6445, 22.5593)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB273 #737CBB

analogous

#BB8E73 #BBB273 #A0BB73

triadic

#BBB273 #73BBB2 #B273BB

tetradic

#BBB273 #73BB8E #737CBB #BB73A0

square

#BBB273 #73BB8E #737CBB #BB73A0

split-complementary

#BBB273 #73A0BB #8E73BB

monochromatic

#79713B #A2984F #BBB273 #CFC99C #E3DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBB273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB273

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB273	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.083 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89c',
    500: '#bbb273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb273;
$custom-light: #d0c89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75641,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB273

secondary

#B7BAD3

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB273

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

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