#BBB17D#BBB17D

#BBB17D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.070 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB17D
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 125)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 33.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -4.38, 27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 28.29, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0105 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.07 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9178, 43.4908, 25.6898)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB17D #7D87BB

analogous

#BB927D #BBB17D #A6BB7D

triadic

#BBB17D #7DBBB1 #B17DBB

tetradic

#BBB17D #7DBB92 #7D87BB #BB7DA6

square

#BBB17D #7DBB92 #7D87BB #BB7DA6

split-complementary

#BBB17D #7DA6BB #927DBB

monochromatic

#7C7341 #A59856 #BBB17D #D0C9A5 #E5E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBB17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBB17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB17D

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB17D	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.070 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a3',
    500: '#bbb17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb17d;
$custom-light: #d0c8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75613,
    "c": 0.07042,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB17D

secondary

#BEC2D6

accent

#4DAA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB17D

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

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