#BBB473#BBB473

#BBB473 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.086 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB473
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -7.16, 34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 34.80, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0191 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.086 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9099, 44.4461, 22.6929)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB473 #737ABB

analogous

#BB9073 #BBB473 #9EBB73

triadic

#BBB473 #73BBB4 #B473BB

tetradic

#BBB473 #73BB90 #737ABB #BB739E

square

#BBB473 #73BB90 #737ABB #BB739E

split-complementary

#BBB473 #739EBB #9073BB

monochromatic

#79733B #A29A4F #BBB473 #CFCA9C #E3E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BBB473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB473

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB473	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.086 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca9c',
    500: '#bbb473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb473;
$custom-light: #d0ca9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.08563,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB473

secondary

#B7BAD3

accent

#68CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB473

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

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