#BBB079#BBB079

#BBB079 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.074 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB079
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -4.35, 29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 29.95, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0106 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.074 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4706, 42.9970, 24.3055)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB079 #7984BB

analogous

#BB8F79 #BBB079 #A5BB79

triadic

#BBB079 #79BBB0 #B079BB

tetradic

#BBB079 #79BB8F #7984BB #BB79A5

square

#BBB079 #79BB8F #7984BB #BB79A5

split-complementary

#BBB079 #79A5BB #8F79BB

monochromatic

#7B713E #A49653 #BBB079 #D0C8A2 #E4E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BBB079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB079

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB079	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.074 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7a0',
    500: '#bbb079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb079;
$custom-light: #d0c7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75327,
    "c": 0.07423,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB079

secondary

#BBBFD5

accent

#4DAB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB079

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

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