#BBB379#BBB379

#BBB379 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.077 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB379
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -5.93, 30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 31.25, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0152 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.077 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0653, 44.1865, 24.5037)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB379 #7981BB

analogous

#BB9279 #BBB379 #A2BB79

triadic

#BBB379 #79BBB3 #B379BB

tetradic

#BBB379 #79BB92 #7981BB #BB79A2

square

#BBB379 #79BB92 #7981BB #BB79A2

split-complementary

#BBB379 #79A2BB #9279BB

monochromatic

#7B743E #A49A53 #BBB379 #D0CAA2 #E4E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BBB379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB379

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB379	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.077 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9a0',
    500: '#bbb379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb379;
$custom-light: #d0c9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7596,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB379

secondary

#BBBED5

accent

#48AB3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB379

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

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