#BBB573#BBB573

#BBB573 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.087 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB573
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -7.69, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 35.25, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0207 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.087 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1125, 44.8513, 22.7605)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB573 #7379BB

analogous

#BB9173 #BBB573 #9DBB73

triadic

#BBB573 #73BBB5 #B573BB

tetradic

#BBB573 #73BB91 #7379BB #BB739D

square

#BBB573 #73BB91 #7379BB #BB739D

split-complementary

#BBB573 #739DBB #9173BB

monochromatic

#79743B #A29B4F #BBB573 #CFCB9C #E3E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BBB573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB573

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB573	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.087 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb9c',
    500: '#bbb573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb573;
$custom-light: #d0cb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.08675,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB573

secondary

#B7B9D3

accent

#66CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB573

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

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