#BBB17A#BBB17A

#BBB17A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.074 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB17A
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 122)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 34.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -4.76, 29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 29.85, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0117 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.074 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7290, 43.4153, 24.6957)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB17A #7A84BB

analogous

#BB907A #BBB17A #A4BB7A

triadic

#BBB17A #7ABBB1 #B17ABB

tetradic

#BBB17A #7ABB90 #7A84BB #BB7AA4

square

#BBB17A #7ABB90 #7A84BB #BB7AA4

split-complementary

#BBB17A #7AA4BB #907ABB

monochromatic

#7B723F #A49854 #BBB17A #D0C9A2 #E4E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BBB17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB17A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB17A	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)

#BBAE76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.074 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a1',
    500: '#bbb17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb17a;
$custom-light: #d0c8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 32.338,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75556,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB17A

secondary

#BCC0D5

accent

#4CAB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB17A

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

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