#BBB971#BBB971

#BBB971 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.094 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB971
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 113)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -9.99, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 38.10, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0274 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.094 107)
XYZ	xyz(40.8237, 46.4559, 22.4359)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB971 #7173BB

analogous

#BB9471 #BBB971 #98BB71

triadic

#BBB971 #71BBB9 #B971BB

tetradic

#BBB971 #71BB94 #7173BB #BB7198

square

#BBB971 #71BB94 #7173BB #BB7198

split-complementary

#BBB971 #7198BB #9471BB

monochromatic

#78763A #A19F4D #BBB971 #CFCD9A #E3E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BBB971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB971

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB971	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)

#C4B46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.094 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cd9b',
    500: '#bbb971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb971;
$custom-light: #d0cd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77099,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.46455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB971

secondary

#B5B6D2

accent

#60CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB971

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →