#BBB37F#BBB37F

#BBB37F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.070 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB37F
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 127)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 32.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -5.19, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 28.12, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0127 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.07 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4448, 44.3382, 26.5021)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB37F #7F87BB

analogous

#BB957F #BBB37F #A5BB7F

triadic

#BBB37F #7FBBB3 #B37FBB

tetradic

#BBB37F #7FBB95 #7F87BB #BB7FA5

square

#BBB37F #7FBB95 #7F87BB #BB7FA5

split-complementary

#BBB37F #7FA5BB #957FBB

monochromatic

#7D7542 #A59B58 #BBB37F #D0CBA7 #E5E2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB37F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BBB37F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB37F

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB37F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB37F	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB07B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb37f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.070 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9a4',
    500: '#bbb37f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb37f;
$custom-light: #d0c9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb37f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76073,
    "c": 0.07011,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB37F

secondary

#C0C3D6

accent

#4BA93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB37F

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

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