#BBB378#BBB378

#BBB378 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.079 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB378
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -6.05, 31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 31.77, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0156 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.079 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0043, 44.1621, 24.1825)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB378 #7880BB

analogous

#BB9178 #BBB378 #A1BB78

triadic

#BBB378 #78BBB3 #B378BB

tetradic

#BBB378 #78BB91 #7880BB #BB78A1

square

#BBB378 #78BB91 #7880BB #BB78A1

split-complementary

#BBB378 #78A1BB #9178BB

monochromatic

#7B733E #A39A52 #BBB378 #D0CAA1 #E4E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BBB378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB378

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB378	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)

#BDAF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.079 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c99f',
    500: '#bbb378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb378;
$custom-light: #d0c99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75941,
    "c": 0.07861,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB378

secondary

#BBBED4

accent

#47AC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB378

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

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