#BBB372#BBB372

#BBB372 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.086 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB372
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -6.75, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 34.87, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.018 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.086 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6516, 44.0209, 22.3245)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB372 #727ABB

analogous

#BB8F72 #BBB372 #9FBB72

triadic

#BBB372 #72BBB3 #B372BB

tetradic

#BBB372 #72BB8F #727ABB #BB729F

square

#BBB372 #72BB8F #727ABB #BB729F

split-complementary

#BBB372 #729FBB #8F72BB

monochromatic

#78723A #A2994E #BBB372 #CFC99B #E3E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BBB372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB372

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB372	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)

#BEAF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.086 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c99b',
    500: '#bbb372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb372;
$custom-light: #d0c99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75836,
    "c": 0.0857,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB372

secondary

#B6B9D3

accent

#69CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB372

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

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