#BBB470#BBB470

#BBB470 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.089 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB470
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 112)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -7.50, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 36.34, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0203 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.089 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7401, 44.3782, 21.7985)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB470 #7077BB

analogous

#BB8E70 #BBB470 #9CBB70

triadic

#BBB470 #70BBB4 #B470BB

tetradic

#BBB470 #70BB8E #7077BB #BB709C

square

#BBB470 #70BB8E #7077BB #BB709C

split-complementary

#BBB470 #709CBB #8E70BB

monochromatic

#787239 #A1994D #BBB470 #CFCA99 #E2E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBB470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB470

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB470	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.089 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca9a',
    500: '#bbb470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb470;
$custom-light: #d1ca9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.4,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76015,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB470

secondary

#B5B7D2

accent

#67CC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB470

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

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