#BBB371#BBB371

#BBB371 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.087 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB371
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -6.87, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 35.38, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0184 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.087 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5949, 43.9983, 22.0264)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB371 #7179BB

analogous

#BB8E71 #BBB371 #9EBB71

triadic

#BBB371 #71BBB3 #B371BB

tetradic

#BBB371 #71BB8E #7179BB #BB719E

square

#BBB371 #71BB8E #7179BB #BB719E

split-complementary

#BBB371 #719EBB #8E71BB

monochromatic

#78713A #A1984D #BBB371 #CFC99A #E3DFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BBB371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB371

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB371	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.087 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c99a',
    500: '#bbb371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb371;
$custom-light: #d0c99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75819,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB371

secondary

#B5B8D2

accent

#68CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB371

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

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