#BBBC73#BBBC73

#BBBC73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.095 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC73
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 115)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -11.32, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 38.51, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0311 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.095 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5718, 47.7698, 23.2469)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC73 #7473BC

analogous

#BC9973 #BBBC73 #97BC73

triadic

#BBBC73 #73BBBC #BC73BB

tetradic

#BBBC73 #73BC99 #7473BC #BC7397

square

#BBBC73 #73BC99 #7473BC #BC7397

split-complementary

#BBBC73 #7397BC #9973BC

monochromatic

#797A3A #A2A44E #BBBC73 #CFD09C #E3E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBBC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC73

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC73	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)

#C7B66D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.095 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d09c',
    500: '#bbbc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc73;
$custom-light: #d0d09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77775,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC73

secondary

#B8B7D4

accent

#5CCB5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC73

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

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