#BBB970#BBB970

#BBB970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.095 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB970
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -10.10, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 38.61, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0278 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.095 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7677, 46.4335, 22.1411)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB970 #7072BB

analogous

#BB9370 #BBB970 #97BB70

triadic

#BBB970 #70BBB9 #B970BB

tetradic

#BBB970 #70BB93 #7072BB #BB7097

square

#BBB970 #70BB93 #7072BB #BB7097

split-complementary

#BBB970 #7097BB #9370BB

monochromatic

#787639 #A19F4D #BBB970 #CFCD99 #E2E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BBB970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB970

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB970	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.095 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd9a',
    500: '#bbb970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb970;
$custom-light: #d1cd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77083,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB970

secondary

#B5B5D2

accent

#5FCC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB970

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

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