#BBBA70#BBBA70

#BBBA70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.096 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA70
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -10.62, 37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 39.08, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0293 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.096 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9777, 46.8533, 22.2111)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA70 #7071BB

analogous

#BB9470 #BBBA70 #96BB70

triadic

#BBBA70 #70BBBA #BA70BB

tetradic

#BBBA70 #70BB94 #7071BB #BB7096

square

#BBBA70 #70BB94 #7071BB #BB7096

split-complementary

#BBBA70 #7096BB #9470BB

monochromatic

#787739 #A1A04D #BBBA70 #CFCE99 #E2E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBA70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBBA70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA70

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA70	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.096 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce9a',
    500: '#bbba70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba70;
$custom-light: #d1ce9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77297,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA70

secondary

#B5B5D2

accent

#5ECC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA70

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

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