#BBB377#BBB377

#BBB377 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.080 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB377
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -6.17, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 32.29, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.016 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.08 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9440, 44.1379, 23.8645)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB377 #777FBB

analogous

#BB9177 #BBB377 #A1BB77

triadic

#BBB377 #77BBB3 #B377BB

tetradic

#BBB377 #77BB91 #777FBB #BB77A1

square

#BBB377 #77BB91 #777FBB #BB77A1

split-complementary

#BBB377 #77A1BB #9177BB

monochromatic

#7A733D #A39A52 #BBB377 #CFCAA0 #E4E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BBB377 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB377

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB377	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.080 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c99f',
    500: '#bbb377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb377;
$custom-light: #d0c99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75923,
    "c": 0.07981,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB377

secondary

#BABDD4

accent

#6BC95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB377

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

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