#BBBB71#BBBB71

#BBBB71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.096 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB71
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 113)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -11.03, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 39.04, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0304 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.096 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2451, 47.2985, 22.5764)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB71 #7171BB

analogous

#BB9671 #BBBB71 #96BB71

triadic

#BBBB71 #71BBBB #BB71BB

tetradic

#BBBB71 #71BB96 #7171BB #BB7196

square

#BBBB71 #71BB96 #7171BB #BB7196

split-complementary

#BBBB71 #7196BB #9671BB

monochromatic

#78783A #A1A14D #BBBB71 #CFCF9A #E3E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBB71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBBB71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB71

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB71	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)

#C6B56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.096 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf9b',
    500: '#bbbb71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb71;
$custom-light: #d1cf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77528,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB71

secondary

#B5B5D2

accent

#5DCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB71

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

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