#BBB370#BBB370

#BBB370 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.088 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB370
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 112)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -6.98, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 35.89, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0188 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.088 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5390, 43.9759, 21.7315)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB370 #7078BB

analogous

#BB8D70 #BBB370 #9DBB70

triadic

#BBB370 #70BBB3 #B370BB

tetradic

#BBB370 #70BB8D #7078BB #BB709D

square

#BBB370 #70BB8D #7078BB #BB709D

split-complementary

#BBB370 #709DBB #8D70BB

monochromatic

#787139 #A1984D #BBB370 #CFC999 #E2DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBB370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB370

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB370	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.088 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c99a',
    500: '#bbb370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb370;
$custom-light: #d1c99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.6,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB370

secondary

#B5B8D2

accent

#68CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB370

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

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