#BBBB70#BBBB70

#BBBB70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.097 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB70
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 112)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -11.14, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 39.55, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0308 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.097 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1891, 47.2761, 22.2815)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB70 #7070BB

analogous

#BB9570 #BBBB70 #95BB70

triadic

#BBBB70 #70BBBB #BB70BB

tetradic

#BBBB70 #70BB95 #7070BB #BB7095

square

#BBBB70 #70BB95 #7070BB #BB7095

split-complementary

#BBBB70 #7095BB #9570BB

monochromatic

#787839 #A1A14D #BBBB70 #CFCF99 #E2E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBB70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBBB70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB70

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB70	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.097 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf9a',
    500: '#bbbb70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb70;
$custom-light: #d1cf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77512,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB70

secondary

#B5B5D2

accent

#5CCC5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB70

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

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