#BBB274#BBB274

#BBB274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.082 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB274
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -6.00, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 33.40, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0157 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.082 101)
XYZ	xyz(39.5669, 43.6676, 22.8640)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB274 #747DBB

analogous

#BB8F74 #BBB274 #A1BB74

triadic

#BBB274 #74BBB2 #B274BB

tetradic

#BBB274 #74BB8F #747DBB #BB74A1

square

#BBB274 #74BB8F #747DBB #BB74A1

split-complementary

#BBB274 #74A1BB #8F74BB

monochromatic

#79713B #A2984F #BBB274 #CFC99D #E3E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBB274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB274

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB274	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)

#BDAE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.082 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89d',
    500: '#bbb274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb274;
$custom-light: #d0c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.43667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB274

secondary

#B8BBD3

accent

#6BCA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB274

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

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