#BBB475#BBB475

#BBB475 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.083 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB475
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 117)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -6.93, 33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 33.77, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0183 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.083 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0263, 44.4927, 23.3056)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB475 #757CBB

analogous

#BB9175 #BBB475 #9FBB75

triadic

#BBB475 #75BBB4 #B475BB

tetradic

#BBB475 #75BB91 #757CBB #BB759F

square

#BBB475 #75BB91 #757CBB #BB759F

split-complementary

#BBB475 #759FBB #9175BB

monochromatic

#7A733C #A39A50 #BBB475 #CFCA9E #E3E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BBB475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB475

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB475	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.083 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca9d',
    500: '#bbb475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb475;
$custom-light: #d0ca9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.761,
    "c": 0.08328,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB475

secondary

#B8BBD3

accent

#69CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB475

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

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