#BBB277#BBB277

#BBB277 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.079 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB277
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -5.65, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 31.85, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0145 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.079 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7443, 43.7385, 23.7979)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB277 #7780BB

analogous

#BB9077 #BBB277 #A2BB77

triadic

#BBB277 #77BBB2 #B277BB

tetradic

#BBB277 #77BB90 #7780BB #BB77A2

square

#BBB277 #77BB90 #7780BB #BB77A2

split-complementary

#BBB277 #77A2BB #9077BB

monochromatic

#7A723D #A39852 #BBB277 #CFC9A0 #E4E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BBB277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB277

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB277	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.079 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c89f',
    500: '#bbb277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb277;
$custom-light: #d0c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75712,
    "c": 0.07872,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB277

secondary

#BABDD4

accent

#6DC95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB277

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

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