#BBBB74#BBBB74

#BBBB74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.093 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB74
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -10.69, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 37.52, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0292 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.093 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4167, 47.3672, 23.4806)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB74 #7474BB

analogous

#BB9874 #BBBB74 #98BB74

triadic

#BBBB74 #74BBBB #BB74BB

tetradic

#BBBB74 #74BB98 #7474BB #BB7498

square

#BBBB74 #74BB98 #7474BB #BB7498

split-complementary

#BBBB74 #7498BB #9874BB

monochromatic

#79793B #A2A24F #BBBB74 #CFCF9D #E3E3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBBB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB74

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB74	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)

#C6B66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.093 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf9d',
    500: '#bbbb74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb74;
$custom-light: #d0cf9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77577,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB74

secondary

#B8B8D3

accent

#5DCA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB74

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

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