#BBB17E#BBB17E

#BBB17E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.069 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB17E
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 126)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 32.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -4.26, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 27.76, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0101 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.069 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9820, 43.5164, 26.0280)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB17E #7E88BB

analogous

#BB937E #BBB17E #A7BB7E

triadic

#BBB17E #7EBBB1 #B17EBB

tetradic

#BBB17E #7EBB93 #7E88BB #BB7EA7

square

#BBB17E #7EBB93 #7E88BB #BB7EA7

split-complementary

#BBB17E #7EA7BB #937EBB

monochromatic

#7D7342 #A59857 #BBB17E #D0C9A6 #E5E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBB17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB17E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB17E	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#BBAE7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.069 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a4',
    500: '#bbb17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb17e;
$custom-light: #d0c8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 30.964,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75632,
    "c": 0.06919,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB17E

secondary

#BFC3D6

accent

#4EAA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB17E

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

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