#BBBF72#BBBF72

#BBBF72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.100 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF72
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -12.97, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 40.47, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0359 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.1 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1621, 49.0420, 23.1613)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF72 #7672BF

analogous

#BF9D72 #BBBF72 #95BF72

triadic

#BBBF72 #72BBBF #BF72BB

tetradic

#BBBF72 #72BF9D #7672BF #BF7295

square

#BBBF72 #72BF9D #7672BF #BF7295

split-complementary

#BBBF72 #7295BF #9D72BF

monochromatic

#7A7E39 #A3A84C #BBBF72 #CFD29C #E4E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BBBF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF72

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF72	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.100 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d29c',
    500: '#bbbf72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf72;
$custom-light: #d1d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78405,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF72

secondary

#B9B8D5

accent

#5ACE60

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF72

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

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