#BBBB73#BBBB73

#BBBB73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.094 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB73
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -10.81, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 38.03, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0296 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.094 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3589, 47.3441, 23.1759)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB73 #7373BB

analogous

#BB9773 #BBBB73 #97BB73

triadic

#BBBB73 #73BBBB #BB73BB

tetradic

#BBBB73 #73BB97 #7373BB #BB7397

square

#BBBB73 #73BB97 #7373BB #BB7397

split-complementary

#BBBB73 #7397BB #9773BB

monochromatic

#79793B #A2A24F #BBBB73 #CFCF9C #E3E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBB73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBBB73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB73

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB73	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.094 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf9c',
    500: '#bbbb73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb73;
$custom-light: #d0cf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77561,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB73

secondary

#B7B7D3

accent

#5DCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB73

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

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