#BBB374#BBB374

#BBB374 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.083 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB374
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -6.52, 33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 33.84, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0172 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.083 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7666, 44.0670, 22.9306)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB374 #747CBB

analogous

#BB9074 #BBB374 #A0BB74

triadic

#BBB374 #74BBB3 #B374BB

tetradic

#BBB374 #74BB90 #747CBB #BB74A0

square

#BBB374 #74BB90 #747CBB #BB74A0

split-complementary

#BBB374 #74A0BB #9074BB

monochromatic

#79723B #A2994F #BBB374 #CFC99D #E3E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BBB374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB374

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB374	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.083 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c99d',
    500: '#bbb374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb374;
$custom-light: #d0c99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7587,
    "c": 0.08336,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB374

secondary

#B8BBD3

accent

#6ACA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB374

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

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