#BBB178#BBB178

#BBB178 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.076 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB178
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -5.00, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 30.89, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0126 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.076 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6064, 43.3662, 24.0498)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB178 #7882BB

analogous

#BB9078 #BBB178 #A3BB78

triadic

#BBB178 #78BBB1 #B178BB

tetradic

#BBB178 #78BB90 #7882BB #BB78A3

square

#BBB178 #78BB90 #7882BB #BB78A3

split-complementary

#BBB178 #78A3BB #9078BB

monochromatic

#7B723E #A39752 #BBB178 #D0C9A1 #E4E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BBB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB178

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB178	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)

#BCAE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.076 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89f',
    500: '#bbb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb178;
$custom-light: #d0c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.07647,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB178

secondary

#BBBED4

accent

#4BAC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB178

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

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