#BBB37D#BBB37D

#BBB37D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.073 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB37D
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 125)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 33.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -5.44, 28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 29.16, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0135 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.073 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3157, 44.2866, 25.8225)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB37D #7D85BB

analogous

#BB947D #BBB37D #A4BB7D

triadic

#BBB37D #7DBBB3 #B37DBB

tetradic

#BBB37D #7DBB94 #7D85BB #BB7DA4

square

#BBB37D #7DBB94 #7D85BB #BB7DA4

split-complementary

#BBB37D #7DA4BB #947DBB

monochromatic

#7C7541 #A59B56 #BBB37D #D0CAA5 #E5E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB37D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BBB37D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB37D

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB37D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB37D	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb37d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.073 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9a3',
    500: '#bbb37d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb37d;
$custom-light: #d0c9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb37d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76034,
    "c": 0.07257,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB37D

secondary

#BEC1D6

accent

#4AAA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB37D

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

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