#BBB177#BBB177

#BBB177 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.078 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB177
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -5.12, 30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 31.41, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.013 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.078 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5460, 43.3420, 23.7319)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB177 #7781BB

analogous

#BB8F77 #BBB177 #A3BB77

triadic

#BBB177 #77BBB1 #B177BB

tetradic

#BBB177 #77BB8F #7781BB #BB77A3

square

#BBB177 #77BB8F #7781BB #BB77A3

split-complementary

#BBB177 #77A3BB #8F77BB

monochromatic

#7A713D #A39752 #BBB177 #CFC8A0 #E4E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BBB177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB177

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB177	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.078 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89f',
    500: '#bbb177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb177;
$custom-light: #d0c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75501,
    "c": 0.07766,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB177

secondary

#BABED4

accent

#6EC95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB177

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

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