#BBB279#BBB279

#BBB279 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.076 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB279
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -5.41, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 30.81, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0137 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.076 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8656, 43.7871, 24.4372)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB279 #7982BB

analogous

#BB9179 #BBB279 #A3BB79

triadic

#BBB279 #79BBB2 #B279BB

tetradic

#BBB279 #79BB91 #7982BB #BB79A3

square

#BBB279 #79BB91 #7982BB #BB79A3

split-complementary

#BBB279 #79A3BB #9179BB

monochromatic

#7B733E #A49953 #BBB279 #D0C9A2 #E4E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBB279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB279

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB279	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.076 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a0',
    500: '#bbb279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb279;
$custom-light: #d0c8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75748,
    "c": 0.07633,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB279

secondary

#BBBFD5

accent

#4AAB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB279

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

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