#BBB179#BBB179

#BBB179 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.075 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB179
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -4.88, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 30.37, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0121 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.075 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6674, 43.3906, 24.3711)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB179 #7983BB

analogous

#BB9079 #BBB179 #A4BB79

triadic

#BBB179 #79BBB1 #B179BB

tetradic

#BBB179 #79BB90 #7983BB #BB79A4

square

#BBB179 #79BB90 #7983BB #BB79A4

split-complementary

#BBB179 #79A4BB #9079BB

monochromatic

#7B723E #A49853 #BBB179 #D0C9A2 #E4E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BBB179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB179

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB179	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.075 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a0',
    500: '#bbb179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb179;
$custom-light: #d0c8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75537,
    "c": 0.07527,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB179

secondary

#BBBFD5

accent

#4BAB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB179

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

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