#BBB472#BBB472

#BBB472 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.087 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB472
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -7.28, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 35.31, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0195 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.087 103)
XYZ	xyz(39.8527, 44.4232, 22.3915)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB472 #7279BB

analogous

#BB9072 #BBB472 #9EBB72

triadic

#BBB472 #72BBB4 #B472BB

tetradic

#BBB472 #72BB90 #7279BB #BB729E

square

#BBB472 #72BB90 #7279BB #BB729E

split-complementary

#BBB472 #729EBB #9072BB

monochromatic

#78733A #A29A4E #BBB472 #CFCA9B #E3E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBB472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB472

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB472	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#BFB06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.087 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca9b',
    500: '#bbb472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb472;
$custom-light: #d0ca9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.247,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76048,
    "c": 0.0868,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.44422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB472

secondary

#B6B9D3

accent

#67CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB472

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

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