#BBB37B#BBB37B

#BBB37B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.075 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB37B
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 123)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 34.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -5.69, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 30.21, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0144 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.075 101)
XYZ	xyz(40.1893, 44.2360, 25.1564)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB37B #7B83BB

analogous

#BB937B #BBB37B #A3BB7B

triadic

#BBB37B #7BBBB3 #B37BBB

tetradic

#BBB37B #7BBB93 #7B83BB #BB7BA3

square

#BBB37B #7BBB93 #7B83BB #BB7BA3

split-complementary

#BBB37B #7BA3BB #937BBB

monochromatic

#7C7440 #A49A55 #BBB37B #D0CAA3 #E5E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB37B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BBB37B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB37B

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB37B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB37B	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb37b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.075 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9a1',
    500: '#bbb37b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb37b;
$custom-light: #d0c9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb37b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75997,
    "c": 0.075,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.44235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB37B

secondary

#BDC0D5

accent

#49AB3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB37B

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

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