#BBB175#BBB175

#BBB175 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.080 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB175
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 117)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -5.35, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 32.45, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0138 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.08 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4272, 43.2945, 23.1059)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB175 #757FBB

analogous

#BB8E75 #BBB175 #A2BB75

triadic

#BBB175 #75BBB1 #B175BB

tetradic

#BBB175 #75BB8E #757FBB #BB75A2

square

#BBB175 #75BB8E #757FBB #BB75A2

split-complementary

#BBB175 #75A2BB #8E75BB

monochromatic

#7A713C #A39750 #BBB175 #CFC89E #E3DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BBB175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB175

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB175	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.080 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89d',
    500: '#bbb175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb175;
$custom-light: #d0c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75465,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB175

secondary

#B8BCD3

accent

#6DCA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB175

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

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