#BBBB72#BBBB72

#BBBB72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.095 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB72
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -10.92, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 38.54, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.03 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.095 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3017, 47.3212, 22.8745)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB72 #7272BB

analogous

#BB9772 #BBBB72 #97BB72

triadic

#BBBB72 #72BBBB #BB72BB

tetradic

#BBBB72 #72BB97 #7272BB #BB7297

square

#BBBB72 #72BB97 #7272BB #BB7297

split-complementary

#BBBB72 #7297BB #9772BB

monochromatic

#78783A #A2A24E #BBBB72 #CFCF9B #E3E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBBB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB72

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB72	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)

#C6B56C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.095 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf9b',
    500: '#bbbb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb72;
$custom-light: #d0cf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77544,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB72

secondary

#B6B6D3

accent

#5DCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB72

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

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