#BBBD72#BBBD72

#BBBD72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.097 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD72
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -11.95, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 39.50, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0329 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.097 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7289, 48.1757, 23.0169)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD72 #7472BD

analogous

#BD9A72 #BBBD72 #96BD72

triadic

#BBBD72 #72BBBD #BD72BB

tetradic

#BBBD72 #72BD9A #7472BD #BD7296

square

#BBBD72 #72BD9A #7472BD #BD7296

split-complementary

#BBBD72 #7296BD #9A72BD

monochromatic

#797B3A #A2A54D #BBBD72 #CFD19C #E3E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBBD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD72

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD72	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.097 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d09b',
    500: '#bbbd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd72;
$custom-light: #d0d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77974,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD72

secondary

#B8B7D4

accent

#5CCC5F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD72

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

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