#BBAB77#BBAB77

#BBAB77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.072 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB77
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -1.93, 28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 28.97, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0038 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.072 93)
XYZ	xyz(38.3869, 41.0237, 23.3455)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB77 #7787BB

analogous

#BB8977 #BBAB77 #A9BB77

triadic

#BBAB77 #77BBAB #AB77BB

tetradic

#BBAB77 #77BB89 #7787BB #BB77A9

square

#BBAB77 #77BB89 #7787BB #BB77A9

split-complementary

#BBAB77 #77A9BB #8977BB

monochromatic

#7A6C3D #A39052 #BBAB77 #CFC4A0 #E4DDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBAB77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BBAB77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB77

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB77	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.072 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c39e',
    500: '#bbab77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab77;
$custom-light: #d0c39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74241,
    "c": 0.07179,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.41023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB77

secondary

#BAC0D4

accent

#78C95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB77

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

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