#BBBA72#BBBA72

#BBBA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.094 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA72
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -10.40, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 38.06, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0285 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.094 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0903, 46.8984, 22.8041)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA72 #7273BB

analogous

#BB9672 #BBBA72 #98BB72

triadic

#BBBA72 #72BBBA #BA72BB

tetradic

#BBBA72 #72BB96 #7273BB #BB7298

square

#BBBA72 #72BB96 #7273BB #BB7298

split-complementary

#BBBA72 #7298BB #9672BB

monochromatic

#78783A #A2A14E #BBBA72 #CFCE9B #E3E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBBA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA72

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA72	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.094 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ce9b',
    500: '#bbba72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba72;
$custom-light: #d0ce9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7733,
    "c": 0.09372,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA72

secondary

#B6B6D3

accent

#5ECB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA72

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

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