#BBB17C#BBB17C

#BBB17C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.072 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB17C
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 124)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 33.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -4.51, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 28.81, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0109 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.072 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8542, 43.4653, 25.3551)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB17C #7C86BB

analogous

#BB917C #BBB17C #A5BB7C

triadic

#BBB17C #7CBBB1 #B17CBB

tetradic

#BBB17C #7CBB91 #7C86BB #BB7CA5

square

#BBB17C #7CBB91 #7C86BB #BB7CA5

split-complementary

#BBB17C #7CA5BB #917CBB

monochromatic

#7C7340 #A49855 #BBB17C #D0C9A4 #E5E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBB17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB17C

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB17C	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.072 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a2',
    500: '#bbb17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb17c;
$custom-light: #d0c8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 31.658,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.07164,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB17C

secondary

#BEC1D5

accent

#4DAA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB17C

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

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