#BBB27E#BBB27E

#BBB27E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.070 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB27E
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 32.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -4.79, 27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 28.20, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0116 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.07 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1802, 43.9129, 26.0941)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB27E #7E87BB

analogous

#BB947E #BBB27E #A6BB7E

triadic

#BBB27E #7EBBB2 #B27EBB

tetradic

#BBB27E #7EBB94 #7E87BB #BB7EA6

square

#BBB27E #7EBB94 #7E87BB #BB7EA6

split-complementary

#BBB27E #7EA6BB #947EBB

monochromatic

#7D7442 #A59957 #BBB27E #D0CAA6 #E5E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB27E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BBB27E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB27E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB27E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB27E	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb27e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.070 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8a4',
    500: '#bbb27e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb27e;
$custom-light: #d0c8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb27e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 30.964,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75843,
    "c": 0.07026,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB27E

secondary

#BFC2D6

accent

#4CAA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB27E

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

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