#BBB275#BBB275

#BBB275 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.081 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB275
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 117)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -5.88, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 32.88, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0153 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.081 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6254, 43.6910, 23.1720)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB275 #757EBB

analogous

#BB8F75 #BBB275 #A1BB75

triadic

#BBB275 #75BBB2 #B275BB

tetradic

#BBB275 #75BB8F #757EBB #BB75A1

square

#BBB275 #75BB8F #757EBB #BB75A1

split-complementary

#BBB275 #75A1BB #8F75BB

monochromatic

#7A723C #A39850 #BBB275 #CFC99E #E3E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB275 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBB275 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB275

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB275	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB275	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb275;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.081 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89d',
    500: '#bbb275',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb275;
$custom-light: #d0c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb275",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75676,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB275

secondary

#B8BCD3

accent

#6CCA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB275

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

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