#BBBA73#BBBA73

#BBBA73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.093 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA73
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -10.29, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 37.56, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0281 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.093 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1475, 46.9213, 23.1055)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA73 #7374BB

analogous

#BB9673 #BBBA73 #98BB73

triadic

#BBBA73 #73BBBA #BA73BB

tetradic

#BBBA73 #73BB96 #7374BB #BB7398

square

#BBBA73 #73BB96 #7374BB #BB7398

split-complementary

#BBBA73 #7398BB #9673BB

monochromatic

#79783B #A2A14F #BBBA73 #CFCE9C #E3E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBBA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA73

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA73	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)

#C5B56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.093 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ce9c',
    500: '#bbba73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba73;
$custom-light: #d0ce9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77346,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA73

secondary

#B7B7D3

accent

#5FCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA73

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

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