#BBB375#BBB375

#BBB375 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.082 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB375
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 117)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -6.41, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 33.32, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0168 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.082 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8251, 44.0904, 23.2386)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB375 #757DBB

analogous

#BB9075 #BBB375 #A0BB75

triadic

#BBB375 #75BBB3 #B375BB

tetradic

#BBB375 #75BB90 #757DBB #BB75A0

square

#BBB375 #75BB90 #757DBB #BB75A0

split-complementary

#BBB375 #75A0BB #9075BB

monochromatic

#7A733C #A39950 #BBB375 #CFCA9E #E3E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BBB375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB375

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB375	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.082 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c99d',
    500: '#bbb375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb375;
$custom-light: #d0c99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.08218,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB375

secondary

#B8BBD3

accent

#6ACA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB375

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

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