#BBBC72#BBBC72

#BBBC72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.096 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC72
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -11.43, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 39.01, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0315 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.096 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5145, 47.7469, 22.9455)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC72 #7372BC

analogous

#BC9872 #BBBC72 #96BC72

triadic

#BBBC72 #72BBBC #BC72BB

tetradic

#BBBC72 #72BC98 #7372BC #BC7296

square

#BBBC72 #72BC98 #7372BC #BC7296

split-complementary

#BBBC72 #7296BC #9872BC

monochromatic

#797A3A #A2A34E #BBBC72 #CFD09B #E3E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBBC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC72

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC72	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.096 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d09b',
    500: '#bbbc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc72;
$custom-light: #d0d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.811,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77759,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC72

secondary

#B7B6D3

accent

#5CCC5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC72

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

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