#BBBF73#BBBF73

#BBBF73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.099 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF73
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 115)
HSL	hsl(63, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 39.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -12.86, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 39.97, 108.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0355 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.099 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2193, 49.0649, 23.4627)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF73 #7773BF

analogous

#BF9D73 #BBBF73 #95BF73

triadic

#BBBF73 #73BBBF #BF73BB

tetradic

#BBBF73 #73BF9D #7773BF #BF7395

square

#BBBF73 #73BF9D #7773BF #BF7395

split-complementary

#BBBF73 #7395BF #9D73BF

monochromatic

#7A7E3A #A3A84D #BBBF73 #CFD29D #E4E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBF73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BBBF73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF73

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF73	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)

#CAB96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.099 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d29c',
    500: '#bbbf73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf73;
$custom-light: #d0d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78421,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF73

secondary

#BAB8D6

accent

#5BCD61

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF73

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

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