#BBB474#BBB474

#BBB474 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.084 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB474
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -7.05, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 34.28, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0187 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.084 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9678, 44.4693, 22.9976)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB474 #747BBB

analogous

#BB9174 #BBB474 #9FBB74

triadic

#BBB474 #74BBB4 #B474BB

tetradic

#BBB474 #74BB91 #747BBB #BB749F

square

#BBB474 #74BB91 #747BBB #BB749F

split-complementary

#BBB474 #749FBB #9174BB

monochromatic

#79733B #A29A4F #BBB474 #CFCA9D #E3E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BBB474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB474

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB474	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)

#BFB06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.084 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca9d',
    500: '#bbb474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb474;
$custom-light: #d0ca9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76083,
    "c": 0.08447,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB474

secondary

#B8BAD3

accent

#68CA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB474

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

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